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Malay Mail
a day ago
- Malay Mail
Appeals Court reinstates Perak man's eight-month jail term for outraging stepdaughter's modesty
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 15 — The Court of Appeal today reinstated an eight-month prison sentence on a 52-year-old man, for outraging the modesty of his teenage stepdaughter, overturning the High Court's earlier decision to acquit him. A three-man bench, led by Justice Datuk Azman Abdullah, allowed the prosecution's appeal, setting aside the High Court's acquittal, and restoring the conviction and sentence imposed by the Magistrate's Court in November 2023. Delivering the court's unanimous decision, Justice Azman said that the High Court had erred in acquitting and discharging the man, who works as a security guard. He said the High Court judge did not assess the victim's testimony thoroughly, and had ignored her spontaneous response following the incident, which included kicking the respondent (the man), calling for her younger brother, her aunt, and her mother, and lodging a police report. 'We find that there is overwhelming evidence showing the victim to be a credible witness, and her testimony is consistent with the police report,' Justice Azman said, sitting with Justices Datuk Azmi Ariffin and Datuk Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz. He also said that the man's defence that he entered the room to retrieve dirty clothes was unreasonable, as he entered through the bathroom door without knocking on the door, because the victim's room door was locked. The victim's testimony was not a fabrication intended to incriminate the respondent, he added. The Magistrates' Court had earlier found the man guilty of using criminal force with the intention of outraging the victim's modesty. The incident occurred at a house in Muallim district, Perak, at about 9 am on July 9, 2022, when the victim was 19 years old. He subsequently appealed to the High Court, which acquitted and discharged him last year. The prosecution then brought the matter to the Court of Appeal. Deputy public prosecutor Solehah Noratikah Ismail argued that the man's act of entering the victim's locked bedroom via a bathroom connected to the kitchen, while she was asleep, demonstrated malicious intent. The man's lawyer, Siti Umairah Zainudin, submitted that the High Court had correctly acquitted her client after considering inconsistencies in the victim's testimony. — Bernama
Malay Mail
4 days ago
- Malay Mail
British financial consultant pleads not guilty to molesting man in Petaling Jaya
PETALING JAYA, Aug 12 — A British national working as an independent financial consultant pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate's Court here today to a charge of outraging the modesty of a man in a hotel room earlier this month. Adekoya Oluwatoyosi Osideinde, 31, from Bath, United Kingdom, was charged with committing the act against a 47-year-old Indonesian man in a hotel room in Lorong Utara, here, at 8.34 am on Aug 2. The charge was framed under Section 354 of the Penal Code, which provides for a maximum jail term of 10 years or a fine or whipping or any two of these punishments, upon conviction. Deputy Public Prosecutor Lim Leong Hui did not offer bail, but lawyer R. Sivaraj, representing the accused, requested a lower bail on the grounds that his client supports his 70-year-old mother in the United Kingdom. 'My client is a tourist in Malaysia, and his tourist visa is still valid until September. He is also willing to accept any additional conditions that the court may impose,' said Sivaraj. Magistrate Shahril Anuar Ahmad Mustapha allowed the accused bail at RM6,000 with two Malaysian sureties and set Oct 2 for case mention. — Bernama
Free Malaysia Today
5 days ago
- Free Malaysia Today
British tourist claims trial to sexual assault charge
Adekoya Oluwatoyosi Osideinde was charged at the magistrates' court in Petaling Jaya with outraging the modesty of an Indonesian man. PETALING JAYA : A British tourist who once claimed to have had a sexual encounter with a member of the Taliban has been charged at the magistrates' court here with using criminal force to outrage the modesty of an Indonesian man. Adekoya Oluwatoyosi Osideinde, 30, pleaded not guilty when the charge was read before magistrate Shahril Anuar Ahmad Mustapha. He was accused of touching the genitals of the 47-year-old victim in a hotel room here at about 8.34am on Aug 2. Deputy public prosecutor Lim Leong Hui appeared for the prosecution while the accused was represented by R Sivaraj. Sivaraj asked the court to set a lower bail, saying his client was an independent wealth consultant supporting his 70-year-old mother, who suffered from diabetes and a heart condition. He also noted that the sessions court here had set bail of RM5,000 for the accused in a separate drug-related case. Shahril set bail at RM6,000 with two sureties and fixed Oct 3 for mention. In April, several foreign media outlets reported that Adekoya was an 'extreme tourism' enthusiast who had visited 69 countries including Iraq, Syria, Pakistan and Belarus. He claimed to have used an online dating application to find men to date, and to have had sex with a Taliban member in a hotel room during a trip to Afghanistan in 2023.
