Mentally ill man freed from charge of murdering uncle

TAIPING: An unemployed man was acquitted on Thursday and discharged of murdering his uncle after the High Court here found that he was of unsound mind when committing the offence three years ago.

Judicial Commissioner Noor Ruwena Md Nurdin, when reading out her judgment against Ahmad Tarmizi Harun, 33, said the case did not need for the defence to be called as the court was satisfied with the report and testimony of a witness, who is a psychiatrist, confirming that the accused had been suffering from schizophrenia since 2009.