A gardener was charged in the Pasir Mas Sessions Court today with five counts of raping and molesting his stepdaughter at a house in Tanah Merah, Kelantan, between December 2018 and May this year.

The 58-year-old accused pleaded not guilty and claimed trial before Sessions Court judge Badrul Munir Mohd Hamdy.

According to the first charge, he was accused of touching his 12-year-old stepdaughter's private parts in an 11pm incident...