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JOHOR BARU (Bernama): The Johor Bahru High Court sentenced a bus driver to death by hanging after he was found guilty of killing his girlfriend, who was a cleaner at the Changi International Airport in Taman Scientex, nearby from Pasir Gudang, here five years. does.
Judicial Commissioner Dr. Shahnaz Sulaiman handed down the sentence against M. Siva Sangker, 37, on Thursday (February 4) after finding that the defense had not raised reasonable doubts at the end of the defense case.
In sentencing, Dr. Shahnaz said that the defense argument that the defendant was not at the crime scene, but in Masai, when the murder occurred, and his denial of having a motive to kill the victim because he and the victim were good friends, they were mere denial and an “afterthought.”
He said that the testimony of the defendant’s wife and uncle also failed to confirm the defendant’s whereabouts when the murder took place and that the defendant’s defense of being in Masai was also not raised during the prosecution case.
Siva Sangker was a picture of calm when a court interpreter read the decision to him in Tamil.
He was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code with murdering V. Durga Devi, 23, at Jalan Kancil 1, Taman Scientex, Pasir Gudang, at 12:15 pm on November 21, 2016.
The prosecution was handled by Assistant Prosecutors Muhammad Syafiq Mohd Ghazali and Suriani Ujang, while Siva Sangker was represented by attorney GK Sritharan. -Bernama
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