A trader was sentenced to 18 years' jail and 10 strokes of the rotan today for raping his 10 year old daughter last September.
Sessions Court judge Ahmad Bazli Bahruddin imposed the sentence after the 50 year old pleaded guilty.
The court also ordered the sentence to begin from October 13, the date the accused was arrested.
The father of eight was alleged to have raped the victim at a house in Beris Kubur Besar, Bachok, on September 22nd.
According to the facts of the case, the incident happened after he fetch the victim from his ex-wife's house to stay with him.
The heinous act was revealed later after the mother noticed the victim was behaving differently, and when questioned, the child told her that she had been raped.
The mother then lodged a police report which led to the man's arrest.
