Man who decapitated, butchered his father to hang after failing appeal

The death sentence stays: Poh Khoon being led out of the Ipoh Magistrate’s Court. — Filepic

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentence of an unemployed man who was convicted of killing his father by cutting the victim’s body into six parts and severing his head with a machete five years ago.

A three-member Court of Appeal bench, chaired by Justice Kamaludin Md Said, made a unanimous ruling after dismissing the appeal by You Poh Khoon, 57, to set aside the conviction and sentence on grounds of insanity.