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An Indonesian teenager who pleaded guilty to fondling a 52-year-old Filipina, was sentenced to eight months’ jail with one whipping by the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

DPP Pengiran Nor ‘Azmeena binti Pengiran Haji Mohiddin told court yesterday that Rudi Handeskin, 19, a cook at a restaurant, lives in the same house in Muara with the victim.

The two, not colleagues, share different rooms.

Magistrate Pengiran Hazirah binti Pengiran Mohd Yusof further heard from the prosecution that the defendant went to the toilet outside his room at 3am on November 19, 2019.

As he made his way to his room, he saw the victim’s room door ajar. He opened and looked inside where he saw the victim lying on her bed.

He walked to the victim and fondled her twice resulting her to wake up. The victim immediately screamed on seeing the defendant. The defendant was startled but signalled the victim to keep quiet and walked out.

The victim lodged a police report which led to the defendant’s arrest.