KOTA KINABALU - A 31-YEAR-OLD former school teacher was charged on Monday with committing five sexual offences, including sodomy, against an 11-year-old Singaorean girl attending a private school in Sabah.
Adrian Simon, 31, faces the first charge of raping the girl at a school science laboratory store between 2.10 pm and 3.30pm on Feb 10 to 20.
In the second and third charges, he was accused of raping the girl at the same place at 10.25am on March 26, and between 2pm and 3.30pm on April 1 to 7. Each charge provides for a jail term of between five and 30 years and whipping upon conviction.
In the fourth charge, Adrian allegedly forced the girl to perform oral sex on him between 2.10pm and 3.30pm on Feb 10 to 20 at the same place and the fifth was for sodomising the girl at the store without the girl's consent between 2pm and 3.30pm from February to April.
Adrian faces a jail term of between five and 20 years and whipping if found guilty for the fourth and fifth charges.
After Adrian claimed trial to the charges, the prosecuting officer told the court that the prosecution would be calling 15 witnesses to testify. The case will be mentioned on Aug 26. Adrian is out on RM8,000 bail.
Source: THE STAR
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