KUCHING: An 18-year-old boy was ordered to be sent to Henry Gurney School until he turns 21 for raping his 14-year-old girlfriend, which led to her giving birth to a baby girl.
Sessions Court Judge Iris Awen Jon meted out the sentence after the young offender pleaded guilty and a social report from the Social Welfare Department was heard today(Feb 26).
He was charged under Section 376(1) of the Penal Code with raping the girl in a rented room above a café in Metrocity, Matang in March 2023.
According to the facts of the case, the girl’s mother lodged a police report on Nov 28 last year after her daughter gave birth to a baby girl.
The complainant was unaware of her daughter’s pregnancy and suspected that the boy was involved.
Following the police report and investigations, the offender was arrested on Dec 1 last year, and a chemist report confirmed his paternity of the baby.
Meanwhile, the Magistrate’s Court on Dec 11 last year, had ordered the girl to undergo a six-month good behaviour bond for concealing the birth of her baby girl.
Last year, a video went viral on social media of the discovery of a baby girl with the umbilical cord still attached in Bandar Baru Samariang.
In the video, a woman took the baby to an eatery to be cleaned before handing the baby over to the police to be sent to Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) for further action.
Police investigation led to the arrest of the girl around 8pm on Nov 29 last year.
