Appeals court rejects insanity plea, upholds unemployed man's death sentence for killing relatives

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal here upheld the death sentence of an unemployed man for killing three of his foster relatives six years ago.

A three-man panel comprising Justices Datuk Seri Kamaludin Md Said, Datuk Nordin Hassan and Datuk Hashim Hamzah also affirmed on Thursday (Aug 25) the 10-year jail sentence imposed on Luqman Hadi Mustapa by the High Court for attempting to murder two siblings.