The Court of Appeal has dismissed Rumah Bonda shelter founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali’s final appeal over her conviction and 12-year jail sentence for abusing and neglecting a teenage girl known as Bella in 2021.

The panel of three judges, led by Azman Abdullah, found that there is no reason to disturb the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court’s finding in convicting her two years ago, which was affirmed by the High Court last year.

“The prosecution has...