Accidental killer gets four years instead


Lesser charge: Subramaniam (left) briefing Chow outside the High Court in Seremban. With them is Devika.

SEREMBAN: It was a tale of murder that took a long time to finally see some manner of closure – 15 years, in fact, after a labourer trying to stop a fight inadvertently caused a death instead.

The 54-year-old charged with murder was sentenced to four years in jail by the High Court here after he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of causing death without intention, for an incident that took place in 2008.

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