As a result of the incident, the 26-year-old victim, who was looking forward to having her first baby, suffered a miscarriage.
A three-member bench, chaired by Kamaludin Md Said, said there was no merit in the appeal by Abdul Hakim Muhammad Azmi.
“We have examined the circumstances of the case and found the Sessions Court and High Court did not fall into any error,” said Kamaludin, who sat with M Nantha Balan and Ahmad Nasfy Yasin.
Deputy public prosecutor Asmah Musa prosecuted while Salim Bashir represented Hakim, 25.
The accused, together with another person still at large, committed the offence against Wong Mei Yan in Pusat Bandar Puchong at about 9.30pm on May 21, 2017.
The facts of the case revealed that Wong, who was working in Mid Valley in Kuala Lumpur, wanted to use a ride-hailing service to return home to Puchong.
After waiting for 30 minutes, Hakim contacted Wong and asked her to walk to a nearby bus stop.
Asmah said Wong, who was looking forward to having her first child, wanted to return home as soon as possible as she was not well due to the pregnancy.
After verifying the car registration number, she entered the vehicle driven by Hakim.
However, she realised that there was a passenger seated beside Hakim, and fearing for her safety, she sent a message via WeChat.
While Hakim was driving, the passenger whipped up a knife midway in the journey and seized Wong’s handbag and demanded that she hand over all her valuables.
She lost her identity card, driving licence, credit cards, two mobile phones and jewellery, valued at RM9,000.
Wong was left stranded, but she managed to call her husband with the help of passers-by. She then lodged a police report.
Asmah said the jail term and whipping were appropriate as the accused had put the victim in a traumatic condition after the robbery.
“The emotional fear that continued after the incident resulted in her suffering a miscarriage,” she said.
A doctor, who appeared as a prosecution witness, testified during the trial that the brief but unexpected moment in the vehicle was a cause of Wong losing her baby.
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