A 67-year-old local, charged with molesting a seven-year-old girl earlier this month, pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to nine months’ jail the following day.
Magistrate Mohammad Marzuqi bin Sabtu heard from the prosecution that the defendant was at the carpark in front of the Lapau building on the night of August 30. He was helping his friend at a bumper car stall.
The defendant saw the victim and a friend sitting on a rock and approached them asking what they were doing. He asked if they had been to Tamu Selera, to which the victim said no. The defendant then took the victim’s hand and brought her to a dark hut near Tamu Selera while the victim’s friend stayed behind.
-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin