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13 years jail for soldier who raped friend's wife

A soldier was today sentenced to 13 years’ jail and six strokes of the cane by the Ampang Sessions Court which found him guilty of raping a friend’s wife during a sleepover at the couple’s home.

Judge Syafeera Mohd Said handed down the sentence on Corporal Mohd Zulkarnain Abdul Razak, 37, after finding that the prosecution had succeeded in establishing the case without reasonable doubt at the end of the defence case.

She ordered Mohd Zulkarnain to serve the jail sentence from today.

In mitigation, lawyer Mohd Azhar Mohd Ghazali, representing the soldier, said his client had been with the armed forces for 18 years.

The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor M Arunjothy.

On July 22 last year, Mohd Zulkarnain pleaded not guilty to the charge of raping the woman.

He was charged with raping the woman, aged 25 years and 10 months, in the victim’s bedroom at an apartment here at 3.30am on July 12, 2016.

The charge, under Section 376 (1) of the Penal Code, provides an imprisonment for up to 20 years and is liable to whipping, upon conviction.

According to the facts of the case, the victim was sleeping with her child when the accused entered the room and raped her in the dark.

She realised that the man was not her husband when she opened her eyes.

The woman’s husband was not at home then.

- Bernama

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