The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has convicted a former aide of Gombak Setia assemblyperson Hilman Idham of raping a woman at a hotel more than three years ago.

However, Mohd Zulfahimin Mahdzir has since appealed to the Kuala Lumpur High Court to quash the guilty verdict as well as the sentence of 13 years in jail and two rotan strokes.

He was accused of committing the offence in a hotel room...