43 years' jail, rotan for pimping, sexual abuse |
Friday, 23 November 2007 08:12am | |
©New Straits Times (Used by permission) by Jason Gerald John MALACCA: A 32-year-old man will spend 43 years in jail for offences including procuring a 14-year-old girl for purposes of prostitution and causing miscarriage without the girl's consent. Baharudin Sidek, from Air Paabas in Alor Gajah, was also ordered by the Sessions Court yesterday to be given 20 strokes of the rotan and fined RM50,000. He pleaded guilty to four charges, one under the Child Act and three under the Penal Code. The charges were: - procuring the Form two girl for purposes of prostitution; - causing miscarriage without the girl's consent; - living on the earnings of the prostitution of another person; and - inserting an object into the girl's vagina without her consent. The offences were committed at a house in Taman Hilir in Ujong Pasir here between July and Sept 8. For procuring the girl for purposes of prostitution Baharudin was sentenced to 10 years' jail, while for causing miscarriage he was sentenced to eight years' jail and fined RM20,000 or two years' jail. He was sentenced to 15 years' jail and 10 strokes of the rotan for living on immoral earnings and 10 years' jail, 10 strokes and RM30,000 fine or two years' jail for inserting an object into the girl's vagina. Baharudin, unemployed, has skin cancer and is a HIV carrier. He was first charged at Ward C3 of the Melaka General Hospital on Sept 24 as he was admitted to the hospital. Baharudin's girlfriend, Norshapinah Mohamad, 22, from Paya Rumput, jointly faced with him two of the charges -- procuring the girl for prostitution and causing miscarriage without the girl's consent. She was also charged with living on the earnings of the prostitution. She claimed trial to all the charges. Judge Kamaruddin Kamsun fixed Jan 23 and 24 for hearing. |
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