PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): A former sawmill worker who raped a nurse after slashing the woman on the neck will be hanged for her death, having failed in his last attempt to set aside the death sentence, after the Federal Court here dismissed his appeal Thursday (Oct 7).
A three-member panel of the Federal Court, led by the Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Rohana Yusuf, unanimously dismissed 27-year-old Mohammad Awari Ahmad’s appeal against the death sentence meted out by the Kota Baru High Court after finding him guilty of murdering the wife of an auxiliary policeman.
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