2007 06: Guard on rape charge changes plea

The Star online. News. Courts. Friday June 8, 2007

KUALA LUMPUR: The security guard who admitted that he tried to rape a Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman (Ktar) student in April changed his plea yesterday.

However, he maintained his guilty plea for two other charges of assault and molestation.

The guard from Gombak Setia, who had been charged at a juvenile court here because he was underage at the time of the offences, has since turned 18.

He is accused of assaulting the 18-year-old student from Jinjang Utara with a rock at a covered pedestrian walkway at the Ktar campus in Jalan Genting Klang between 5.30pm and 5.35pm on April 21.

He then allegedly molested the girl beside a drain between 5.40pm and 5.45pm.

The third charge, which he claimed trial to yesterday, accused him of attempting to rape his victim between 5.45pm and 5.50pm at the same spot.

He was three-and-a-half weeks shy of his 18th birthday at that time.

Although the RM15,000 bail offered to the teenager still stood, his mother did not post bail. He will continue to remain under remand at the Kajang Prison.

Magistrate Nurulizwan Ahmad Zubir fixed July 10 to mention the case again to allow him to appoint a lawyer.

C/Insp Zakaria Alias appeared for the prosecution while lawyer Cheow Wee held a watching brief for the victim.