76-year-old loses final appeal against rape conviction
Court of Appeal says there is no reason to disturb the High Court’s decision upholding the conviction and sentence of Ramli Mat.
The Court of Appeal has upheld a 15-year prison sentence for a 76-year-old man convicted of raping an eight-year-old girl in 2018. The unanimous decision, led by Justice Noorin Badaruddin, affirmed the conviction and sentence handed down by the High Court earlier this year. The accused, Ramli Mat, was 69 when he committed the offence against the girl in Arau district, Perlis, on December 17, 2018.
The sessions court sentenced him to 15 years' imprisonment and four strokes of the cane. Deputy public prosecutor Eyu Ghim Siang argued that the victim clearly identified Ramli as the perpetrator and that medical findings supported her testimony. However, the defence claimed that there was doubt over Ramli's guilt, stating that the medical evidence alone was insufficient to establish his guilt.
Despite the defence's arguments, the court maintained the original sentence, citing its consistency with sentencing trends for such offences.
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