Crime & Courts

Unemployed youth charged with molesting mum

KOTA KINABALU: An 18-year-old unemployed man claims tiral to a charge of molesting his 50-year-old mother.

He was charged before magistrate Marilyn Kelvin with committing the offence in mid-August this year, between midnight and 5am, at a house in Sepanggar.

The offence under Section 354 of the Penal Code provides for a maximum of 10 years jail, a fine, whipping or any two of the punishments.

The court set bail at RM3,000 with one surety and fixed Nov 27 for pre-trial case management.

Earlier, prosecuting officer Inspector Alia Nuurlysa Adnan asked for a pre-trial case management date and offered bail of RM6,000.

Defence counsel Hannan Razaini asked a minimum bail, as his client was young and had no income.

Hannan said the accused's family was also had financial difficulties.

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