SHAH ALAM: Lawyers representing Samirah Muzaffar and two teenagers in the Cradle Fund CEO Nazrin Hassan murder case are prepared in the event the prosecution files an appeal.
Lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said his team had made ample preparation for the case.
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"If there is an appeal by the prosecution... we are given another opportunity to prove the ingredients or the essence of this charge that can be set aside in this court.
"Assuming there is an appeal ... I think the decision will be maintained," he told reporters outside the Shah Alam court on Tuesday (June 21) afternoon.
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Earlier, Muhammad Shafee said the decision meted out by High Court Judge Justice Ab Karim Ab Rahman was because there was inadequate information to prove there was a murder at the time stated in the charge.
"The prosecution mentioned between 11.30pm on June 13 till 4.30am the next day.
"So the judge, when announcing his decision based on the witness testimony of Dr Siew Sheue Feng, said that the incident took place between 11am till 1pm on June 14, 2018," he said, adding that the prosecution could not prove that the death occurred during the period stated.
Muhammad Shafee also said there was inadequate evidence that could give an "irresistible inference" that the trio were involved in the murder of Nazrin.
"None of them can be placed at the situated time and place to be involved with the death of the deceased," he added.
He also said there were many irregularities, which was why the prosecution had failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.
Muhammad Shafee said he asked for a police escort for Samirah and the teenagers when they were exiting the court complex, due to the scuffle that occurred between another lawyer S. Suresh and a photographer.
He said he saw the incident where the photographer allegedly hit Suresh in the head with the camera.
"I had a look at Suresh and he's fine. That's why I asked for the escort," he said.
Journalists covering the Nazrin Hassan murder case were momentarily distracted when Suresh - representing the accused - was hit in the head by a photographer.
In a video, Suresh is seen pushing and shoving media personnel away before he is hit on the head with a camera.
On Tuesday (June 21), High Court Judge Justice Ab Karim Ab Rahman announced that Samirah Muzaffar and two teenagers - now aged 19 and 16 - were acquitted of the murder charge.
Justice Ab Karim said the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against the accused.
Proceedings for the case began on Sept 6, 2019.
On March 12, 2019, Samirah, 47, the two teenagers, as well as Indonesian woman Eka Wahyu Lestari, who is still at large, were charged with murdering Nazrin at his house in Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya between 11.30pm on June 13, 2018 and 4am on June 14.
