THE Court of Appeal today upheld a former lorry driver’s jail sentence of 26 years for sexually assaulting his three underage daughters two years ago.

However, the three-member bench led by Justice Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil allowed the man’s appeal for reduction of his whipping from 24 strokes to 16 strokes.

Justice Abdul Jalil said the court was unanimous in finding that the offence committed by the 40-year-old man was serious as it involved his own daughters and that the jail sentence imposed by the Klang Sessions Court was reasonable and appropriate.

The bench, which also comprised Justices Hanipah Farikullah and P. Ravinthran, dismissed the man’s appeal on the jail sentence.

On the whipping, Justice Abdul Karim said the sentence imposed was excessive and hence reduced it to 16 strokes. 

The man pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court on December 12, 2019, to four charges of sexually assaulting his daughters between 8am and noon on October 28 2019 at their home in Klang, Selangor.

He lost his appeal against his jail term and whipping in the High Court on October 16 last year. – Bernama, August 19, 2021.