An unemployed man pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court in Butterworth today to a charge of abusing his girlfriend’s seven-month-old son.

Muhammad Fakhri Abdul Muthalib, 25, had initially pleaded guilty when the charge was first read out to him last March 16, and the court had fixed today for sentencing.

However, he changed his plea when the charge was read out again before judge Noor Aini Yusof.

He was charged with committing the office...