Man gets life for torture that led to toddler daughter's death

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The High Court on Monday (March 11) sentenced a 44-year-old local man to life imprisonment after being found guilty of committing culpable homicide not amounting to murder of his one-year and five-month old daughter.

Mohammad Helmi Serabah initially claimed trial to one count of murder. Having assessed the evidence put forth by prosecuting officers Shamshuddin Kamaluddin and Atiyyah Abas as well as defence counsel Mohd Shazale Mat Salleh, the court found that there was insufficient evidence to prove that the defendant had intended to cause death but convicted him of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.