Noor Afizal Azizan : National Bowler escapes jail

• National bowler escapes custodial sentence for statutory rape
  
  PUTRAJAYA: A national bowler escaped custodial sentence for committing statutory rape with a 13-year-old girl three years ago.
  
  The Court of Appeal yesterday allowed Noor Afizal Azizan's appeal against the High Court decision to sentence him to five years jail.
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  A three-man panel led by Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Raus Sharif substituted the jail term with a bound over for good behaviour for five years.
  
  If Noor Afizal breached the order, his bailor will have to pay RM25,000.
  
  Raus in his decision agreed with counsel Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, who represented Noor Afizal, that public interest would not be served if his client was given a custodial sentence when he had a bright future.
  
  Hisyam said that Noor Afizal was 18 years old when the offence was committed.
  
  The Sessions Court in Malacca bound over Noor Afizal for good behaviour on a RM25,000 bond for five years after he pleaded guilty to raping the girl at a hotel in Ayer Keroh, Malacca on June 5, 2009.
  
  The Sessions Court, on July 5 last year, in binding him over considered several factors including that there was a consensual sexual relationship between him and the girl.
  
  The public prosecutor successfully appealed to the High Court on Sept 20 last year and obtained a five year jail term.
  
  Noor Afizal, now 21, represented Negeri Sembilan between 2004-2010 and at the same time he represented Malaysia in the National Youth Category for five years between 2004-2008.
  
  He is expected to represent Kedah in several up-coming tournaments such as the KL International Open Championship 2012.
  
  Deputy Public Prosecutor Nadia Hanim Mohd Tajuddin appeared for the prosecution. - NST

  

  
  

  1. CHILD RAPIST WALKS FREE??
     
     One Malaysian Olympian manages to unite the whole country and does our nation proud with his true grit, his fighting spirit and his hard work, but another sportsman, Noor Afizal Azizan, the Malaysian tenpin bowler..., fills Malaysians with disgust.

     
     Noor Afizal allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl in a hotel room in Ayer Keroh, Malacca, on June 5.
     
     On Aug 7, he escaped punishment when the Court of Appeal president Raus Md Sharif set aside the five-year jail term imposed on Noor Afizal and agreed with Noor Afizal’s counsel, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, that public interest would not be served by a custodial sentence, as Noor Afizal showed great promise.
     
     Nothing was said about the future prospects of the victim – the girl Noor Afizal raped.
     
     Hisyam said that Noor Afizal was 18 when the offence was committed.
     
     Again, they ignored the age of Noor Afizal’s victim. She was only 13 years old when she was raped.

     
     

     From: Daily Portal