Husband escapes gallows, instead gets 25 years' jail for killing wife


PUTRAJAYA: A husband who had brutally beaten his wife to death, escaped the death penalty after the Federal Court sentenced him to 25 years in prison.

A three-member panel led by Court of Appeal president, Tan Sri Rohana Yusuf meted out the sentence against Jamaluddin Ali, 47, after deputy public prosecutor Mohd Fairuz Johari informed the court that the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) had accepted a letter of representation sent by the appellant.

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