Ex-hairstylist to enter his defence in Penang Bridge SUV accident case


M. Vaitheswaran, 23, leaving the courthouse in Bukit Mertajam. —ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

BUKIT MERTAJAM: The court has ordered 23-year-old former hairstylist M. Vaitheswaran to enter his defence over reckless driving and killing a 20-year-old college student in an accident on the Penang Bridge two years ago.

Sessions Court judge Ahzal Fariz Ahmad Khairuddin, presiding as a magistrate, said the prosecution has proved prima facie in the case and the accused would next be asked to enter his defence.

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