KUALA LUMPUR: An unemployed man, Mohd Khairul Nizam Mohamad Shafiai, was jailed 15 years and ordered to be whipped five times by the Sessions Court here Friday for raping a mute woman four years ago.
Sessions Court judge Fathiyah Idris ruled that the accused's defence was mere denial. Mohd Khairul had claimed trial to raping the woman in a hotel room on Dec 10, 2006.
In sentencing,Judge Fathiyah said the court considered that the accused took advantage of a special person who had asked him for directions.
The judge ordered Mohd Khairul to go through the rehabilitation programme conducted by prison authorities while serving his jail term.
She also ordered him to be monitored by the police for two years after his release.
Source: The Star
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