Lorry driver to hang for killing wife and baby girl

SHAH ALAM (Bernama):A lorry driver has been sentenced to death by the High Court here for the 2016 murder of his wife and infant daughter.

Judge Datuk Mohd Yazid Mustafa passed the sentence on Satvender Singh, 35, on Thursday (Aug 19) after finding that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt at the end of its case.

Satvender was charged with murdering D. Kamaljit, 34, and his seven-month-old daughter Ishilyn Kaur Sandhu at a double-storey terrace house in Taman Rawang Perdana 2, Rawang, between 3.55am and 4.15am on April 14, 2016.

In his ruling, Justice Mohd Yazid said the accused’s alibi that he had gone out for breakfast at 3.55am at a shop for an hour and a half before reaching his workplace at 5.44am lacked continuity.

“The court finds that the accused was the last person at the scene of the incident and had left the place at 4.30am after killing his wife and infant,” he said.

The court also rejected the defence case that the murders had been committed during a robbery that occurred through forced entry.

Deputy public prosecutor Mary Phoon Keat Mee prosecuted while the accused was represented by Datuk Rajpal Singh.

On July 17 last year, the court ordered Satvender to enter his defence on the murder charge after finding that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against him.

Speaking to reporters after the sentencing, Kamaljit’s younger sibling, who only wanted to be known as Riyaa, 36, said the family had gone through painful and anxious moments while waiting for the outcome of the trial, which she added had seen justice served. – Bernama