Court of Appeal upholds death sentence of former lab assistant for murdering colleague


PUTRAJAYA, Feb 8 (Bernama) -- The Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence of a former laboratory assistant at Sultan Abdul Samad Vocational College in Telok Datok, Banting, for the murder of a colleague five years ago.

A panel of three judges led by Judge Datuk Seri Kamaludin Md Said unanimously ruled on Wednesday (Feb 8) that the appeal by Abdul Azhim Mohamad, 33, to set aside his conviction and sentence had no merit.

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