PUTRAJAYA: A former security guard escaped the gallows when the Federal Court here commuted his death sentence to 33 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for the murder of his 17-year-old lover eight years ago.
The three-panel judge led by the Chief Judge of Malaya Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah reached the unanimous verdict to allow the final appeal of Tarmizi Yaakob, 28, and review his death sentence under the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023 (Act 846).
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