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Ex-headmaster gets 15 years' jail for sexually assaulting student
The Kuala Terengganu sessions court had allowed a stay of the sentence pending appeal and raised Rosli Abd Rahman's bail by RM40,000.
PETALING JAYA : The Kuala Terengganu sessions court has sentenced a former headmaster to 15 years in prison for sexually harassing and raping a female student.
In handing down the sentence, judge Azman Mustapha said that the defence had failed to raise a reasonable doubt over the 13 charges against Rosli Abd Rahman, 60, Berita Harian reported.
The 13 charges involved verbal harassment, sexual assault and rape of the victim, who was 16 years and 8 months old when the offences began.
All offences were committed between November 2020 and November 2021 in Kuala Terengganu and Marang.
Although the total combined jail time for the charges could have amounted to 107 years, the court ordered the sentences to run concurrently, resulting in a 15-year term.
Pending appeal, the court has allowed a stay of execution of the sentence and raised Rosli's bail by RM40,000.
Deputy public prosecutor Noradila Ab Latif led the prosecution, while Rosli was represented by lawyer Abdul Rahman Razak.
