Azizil Hamzah fronts court over sexually assaulting a child

A vile fruit picker offered a seven-year-old girl $50 so he could slide his hand down her pants which he said “felt good”

Azizil Hamzah has gone to jail for sexually touched a 7-year-old girl on three occasions after offering her $50.

A fruit picker who offered a 7-year-old girl $50 and coaxed her into touching her sexually on at least three occasions because “it felt good” has been jailed

Azizil Hamzah, a Malaysian national from Lalor, pleaded guilty in the County Court last week to a charge of sexually assaulting a child under 16 in Victoria and appeared for sentencing on Tuesday.

The 24-year-old will serve a community corrections order for 18 months after completing his nine-month prison sentence.

Hamzah told the victim in 2021 that he wanted to touch her “privacy” which was a reference to her vagina. After initially refusing, the girl agreed after Hamzah told her he’d give her money and access to the game Roblox on her iPad.

He then told the girl not to tell her mother or the police.

The County Court has jailed a vile fruit picker who sexually assaulted a 7-year-old girl on three occasions.

The girl told a family member and Hamzah admitted to the offending.

Hamzah said: “I don’t know what is happening to me, something possessed me. You know how it feels and it feels good and you want it again and again and again”.

Police were notified and when asked by an interpreter why he put his hands down her pants so many times, Hamzah replied: “I don’t know – I have a compulsion”.

Judge Pardeep Tiwana said Hamzah’s offending has had a significant impact on his victim and her family.

“You offended against a particularly young and vulnerable girl, aged seven years old, for your own sexual gratification. The offending involved manipulation and bribery,” Judge Tiwana said.

In her victim impact statement, the girl said she felt scared, shocked, confused, traumatised and really mad at Hamzah’s actions.

Judge Tiwana said she has struggled with sleeping and eating since the offending.

“Her parents and siblings have lost trust in people. Her father is concerned when his children are not in his presence. Her mother struggles to involve herself in family activities and no longer welcomes guests into their home,” he said.

Judge Tiwana said a community corrections order alone would not do justice to the sentencing purposes of general and specific deterrence, just punishment and denunciation.