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.