MELAKA: A man has been sentenced to 263 years in prison and 20 lashes after pleading guilty at the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court to 32 charges of committing sexual crimes against his now 16-year-old stepdaughter. The court ordered the sentence against the 36-year-old accused to run concurrently for 35 years starting from the time of his arrest on April 8. The accused pleaded guilty to raping his stepdaughter involving 11 charges under Section 376(2)(D) of the Penal Code which provides for a prison sentence of up to 30 years and whipping. All the offences were committed between January 2020 and March 14, 2023, at their home in a housing estate in Jasin. The prosecution was handled separately by the Deputy Public Prosecutor N. Siva Shangari and Muhammad Nazrin Ali Rahim while the accused was not represented by a lawyer.
