SHAH ALAM, MALAYSIA: An Indonesian who raped his 15-year-old step-daughter after threatening to place a spell on her and his wife will spend the next 20 years in jail.

Sessions Court judge Azimah Omar also sentenced the restaurant worker and part-time traditional healer to 12 strokes of the rotan after chastening him for the "despicable and disgusting" act that had resulted in the teenager having a son.

The accused received the maximum sentence for incest after pleading guilty to raping the girl in their home in Gombak in April 2006.

According to facts adduced in court, the victim kept to herself after the incident, fearing that the accused would punish her and her mother if she revealed the truth.

But, her mother took her to a clinic six months later on seeing her stomach growing bigger. The doctor confirmed that the teenager was pregnant.

The girl gave birth to a baby boy on Dec 2, 2006. A DNA analysis confirmed that the accused fathered the baby.

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