KOTA KINABALU, March 24 — A 70-year-old former lecturer claimed trial in the Sessions Court here to committing sexual abuse against his step-granddaughter.

The elderly man, who appeared before judge Azreena Aziz, was accused of committing the offence by touching and sucking the 14-year-old girl’s private parts at a house in Putatan between 2017 and 2019.