A Court Did This To A 75-Year-Old Who Was Accused Of Molesting His Granddaughter
“You bastard, you rot in hell. You wait for Him, you’ll answer to His judgment.”
By Sadho Ram — 25 Jan 2014, 11:49 AM — Updated almost 11 years ago
A 75-year-old man was discharged and acquitted by the Magistrate’s Court of 4 charges of outraging the modesty of his 11-year-old granddaughter
Magistrate Zulkpli Abdullah ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt its charges against the 75-year-old man, at the end of the defence case.
Relatives of the girl shouted abuses at her 75-year-old accused molester after he was acquitted of the charge
“You bastard, you rot in hell," one of them shouted. "You wait for Him, you’ll answer to His judgment,” screamed another relative in the courtroom on Friday, forcing court officers to remove her.
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The elderly man was seen hugging his wife after being released from the dock, at which point he was further verbally abused by the relatives.
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Magistrate Zulkpli Abdullah said the main thrust of the defence was that the charges were a result of a lie and fabricated by the victim’s mother, who is the complainant in the case
“There is a reasonable doubt that the charges are the result of a conspiracy orchestrated against the accused due to an on-going legal battle over the custody of the victim, who at the material time was under shared custody of the father and mother,” he said.
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Zulkpli ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove charges beyond reasonable doubt and therefore discharged and acquitted the grandfather.
He also refunded the bail to the bailor.
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The grandfather represented by counsel Noor Azah Azizan was ordered to enter his defence on Jun 14 last year
He was charged with committing the offences at four different locations including two hotels and in a car, here, from the hours of 1pm to 6pm between April 2010 and October 2011.
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In the prosecution’s stage of the trial, 16 witnesses testified including the girl, her mother, two doctors, hotel staff and police personnel involved in the investigation.
The grandfather had testified in his own defence, and called on 13 other witnesses.
thestar.com.myProsecutor Nur Hafizah Rajuni said the prosecution would be appealing against the decision
If the magistrate’s findings are overturned, the grandfather could face a maximum jail term of 10 years, a fine and whipping under Section 354 of the Penal Code for molestation.
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