Federal Court upholds death sentence for former ship cleaner over businessman's murder

PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): A former ship cleaner, who was convicted of murdering a businessman by stabbing and setting the victim’s body alight seven years ago, failed in his final appeal at the Federal Court here to set aside his death sentence.

A three-member panel of the Federal Court, led by Justice Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, unanimously dismissed the final appeal of Izwanuddin Kasim, 41, on Thursday (Nov 11) after finding that the appellant’s appeal had no merit.