The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of a sexual offender who took advantage of three students while he was a school teacher.
The appellant, 27, pleaded guilty on July 20, 2022 to three charges of outraging the modesty of his victims, one aged six and the other two aged seven. He was caught after one of the victims told her parents, which led to a police investigation. The appellant contended that the sentence is “too long”, considering his guilty plea and previously clear record.
Chief Justice Dato Seri Paduka Steven Chong, along with Justices Conrad Seagroatt and Edward Timothy Starbuck Woolley, noted that the sentencing judge considered a deterrent sentence was necessary having regard to the repulsive nature of the appellant’s acts; the young age of the victims, and the offences were committed “openly” in the classroom.
-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin