Lorry attendant gets one-year jail for spying on bathing stepdaughter, 12
BATU PAHAT: A lorry attendant who spied on his 12-year-old stepdaughter while she was bathing was sentenced to a year’s jail today.
In Batu Pahat, a 26-year-old lorry attendant was given a one-year jail sentence for spying on his 12-year-old stepdaughter as she bathed. Magistrate Mustakim Sukarno delivered the verdict after the man admitted to the charge under Section 509 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in jail, a fine, or both.
The court considered the accused's relationship with the victim before handing down the sentence, which began from the date of his arrest on September 10. The father of three was accused of invading the privacy of his stepdaughter by peering into her bathing area through a gap in the pipe hole. The girl's mother reported the incident to authorities after witnessing the accused's actions and later confronted him.
The accused had previously committed a similar incident in July. The prosecution was handled by deputy public prosecutor Nur Shahzleen Ibrahim, while the defendant was represented by National Legal Aid Foundation lawyer Heng Eng Gee.
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