IPOH: A fisherman was yesterday charged in the Sessions Court with 22 counts of molesting, raping and filming his stepdaughter in the nude since April 2016.
However, the 36-year-old man wearing an orange T-shirt only pleaded guilty to six of the charges and claimed trial to another 16 after all charges were read out before Judge Norashima Khalid.
The accused pleaded guilty to five counts of violent crime with the intention of molesting and one count of recording a video of the girl while she was dressing using a mobile phone. For this he was charged under Section 354 of the Penal Code for sexual assault and Section 509 of the Penal Code for recording a video of the girl naked.
He allegedly committed all the offences at a house in Sitiawan, Manjung between April 2016 until and Sept 29 this year.
The alleged sex assaults began when the girl was only 12. She is now 15.
All the other offences were also allegedly committed at the same location under Sections 376B(1), 377CA of the Penal Code, Section 14(a) and 14(b) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017.
Deputy public prosecutor Naidatul Athirah Azman prosecuted while the accused was unrepresented.
Naidatul Athirah urged the court to deny the accused bail on the grounds that he was staying in the same house with the victim.
The judge set Oct 15 for next mention. – Bernama
