KUALA LUMPUR: He blamed his violence on a "sudden
feeling which overcame him".
But for this 17-year-old -- who was just a month short of being
tried as an adult -- that moment will cost him three years at the
Henry Gurney home for juvenile offenders.
The teenager, who was working at Tunku Abdul Rahman College as a
security guard, maintained his guilty plea in the Children's Court
yesterday to attempted rape, molest and causing hurt to an
18-year-old female student at the college.
Magistrate Nurulizwan Ahmad Zubir also ordered him to be placed
under a good behaviour bond for three years after his release from
the reform school.
His mother, 37, stood surety for him after the court set bail at
RM5,000 in one surety.
The youth from Gombak Setia was charged with:
- causing hurt to the first-year business studies student at the
TARC Lecture Hall B;
- attempting to rape her at Lecture Hall 2; and
- molesting her at the same place.
The three offences were committed between 5.30pm and 5.50pm on
April 21.
He admitted bashing the girl on her head with a rock in front of
Lecture Hall B before dragging her to Lecture Hall 2 and sexually
assaulting her.
She received eight stitches on the back of her head and now suffers
from blurred vision in the right eye.
The accused, who is the eldest of five children of a production
operator, 42, and a housewife, could have been sentenced to a
maximum of 23 years' jail and whipping had he committed the
offences a month later.
Chief Inspector Afandi Kasiman prosecuted, while welfare officer
Othman Ismail read the probation report on the accused.
Othman said the boy regretted his actions as they were a result of
a "sudden feeling which overcame him".
"He did not intend to hurt the student," Othman said.
According to facts, the victim was walking along a pedestrian lane
in the college when the teenage security guard threw a rock at her
from behind, causing her to fall to the ground.
He then dragged her into a nearby storeroom, undressed her and
began to molest her. When she screamed, he repeatedly hit her on
the head with the rock.
He tried to rape her, but when he failed to do so, he rolled his
clothes to form a rope and tried to strangle her.
After begging him to stop, he set her free and she sought help from
a male college mate who took her to a clinic.
She later lodged a police report at the Sentul police
headquarters.
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