Court dismisses appeal by rapist who claims he had consent to marry 12-year-old victim after claiming that he was in a serious intimate relationship with the 12 year old victim and her parents had consented to their marriage.
The 39 year old man pleaded guilty to raping a minor and another two charges of rape and sexual assault was taken into consideration. He was sentenced in May last year to 10 years jail and six strokes of the can.
At the time of his sentencing for rape, the man was serving a jail term of seven years and six months from December 2015 for drug offences.
Deputy Public Prosecutor James Chew further stated “He said her parents agreed for them to get married. We say this is completely untrue and inconsistent with the statement of facts he admitted to without qualification.”