PUTRAJAYA, Feb 5 — The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld the 28-year prison sentence and 24 strokes of the cane imposed on a grass cutter convicted of three counts of raping his sister-in-law.

The 41-year-old man’s final appeal against his conviction and sentences was dismissed by a three-man bench comprising Justices Datuk Azman Abdullah, Datuk Noorin Badaruddin and Datuk Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid.