High Court upholds sexual assault conviction against counselling teacher

High Court upholds sexual assault conviction against counselling teacher

He was found guilty of committing the offence against six schoolboys between 11.30pm and 4am in the school compound over a three-month period in 2018.

High Court upholds conviction of teacher for sexual assault on 6 students

By Dorcas Ting KUCHING, Aug 15: The High Court today dismissed an appeal by a boarding school counselling teacher convicted of sexually assaulting six male students but ordered his prison sentences to run concurrently, resulting in a total of 15 years behind bars. Judicial Commissioner Datuk Faridz Gohim Abdullah delivered the decision after rejecting the 35-year-old defendant’s bid to overturn his conviction and sentencing by the Sessions Court…