The three-member panel led by Justice Che Ruzima Ghazali, however, upheld the 10 strokes of the cane initially imposed by the sessions court on the 45-year-old father of six.
The panel, which included Justices Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim and Zaini Mazlan, dismissed the man’s appeal against his conviction but granted his appeal for a sentence reduction.
Che Ruzima said the man failed to adduce any errors in the sessions court’s findings and the High Court had also affirmed the lower court’s decision.
In 2022, the former driver was found guilty by the sessions court on five counts of sexually assaulting his daughters, aged 12, 10 and five, at a house in Taman Kledang, Perak, on June 4, 2019, May 4, 2019 and May 7, 2019 respectively.
He faced two counts of sexually assaulting his 12-year-old, two counts of similar offences against his 10-year-old, and one count of sexually assaulting his five-year-old.
He was sentenced to a total of 34 years in prison with 10 strokes of the cane for all the offences. In March last year, the High Court affirmed both his conviction and sentence.
He was sentenced to eight years in prison with two strokes of the cane on each count involving his older daughters and 10 years imprisonment with two strokes of the cane for the offence against his five-year-old daughter.
Today, the Court of Appeal reduced the initial eight-year jail term to six years and lowered the 10-year imprisonment to eight, while upholding the caning.
Deputy public prosecutor Atiqah Abdul Karim @ Husaini appeared for the prosecution, while the man was represented by lawyer Kathan Maruthamuthu, from the National Legal Aid Foundation. - FMT
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