'Applauded for her courage': Judges reject 'maslaha' deal in rape case Court of Appeal says survivor's credible evidence was sufficient despite the absence of medical evidence. Gender Just now

The Court of Appeal noted that the High Court considered those efforts when upholding the 30-year sentence, alongside evidence that Abduwahab raped NT again and made her pregnant.

The court ruled that medical evidence is not mandatory to prove rape where a complainant gives reliable and compelling testimony, upholding a conviction despite missing doctors and police witnesses.

The judges said the woman’s evidence was sufficient to sustain the 30-year conviction imposed by the magistrate court in 2020, finding that it “needed no additional corroborative evidence” to support the rape conviction.