TENOM - After four years of trial, the fate of preacher Ebit Lew on 11 sexual harassment charges will be decided by the magistrate's court, here, today.
The verdict is scheduled to be delivered at 4.30pm, following confirmation from both the defence and prosecution teams.
Ebit Lew, whose full name is Ebit Irawan Ibrahim, 41, has been on trial before Magistrate Nur Asyraf Zolhani since September 2022, with a total of 18 prosecution witnesses having testified.
He faces 11 charges of sending obscene images and messages intended to outrage the modesty of the victim via WhatsApp between March and June 2021.
The charges were framed under Section 509 of the Penal Code.
The prosecution team comprised deputy public prosecutors Nor Azizah Mohamad, Zahida Zakaria and Analia Kamaruddin, while the defence was led by lawyer Datuk Ram Singh alongside Kamarudin Mohmad Chinki, Timothy Daut, Mohd Syarulnizam Salleh Keruak and Prem Elmer Ganasan.