Unemployed man who beheaded father escapes gallows, gets 35 years’ jail

PUTRAJAYA: An unemployed man who beheaded his father and chopped off the victim’s legs and hands escaped the gallows after the Federal Court here on Tuesday (Jan 9) substituted the death sentence to 35 years' in jail.

A panel of three judges comprising Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah and Federal Court judges Datuk Mary Lim Thiam Suan and Datuk Abu Bakar Jais held that there was merit in You Poh Khoon’s appeal against the death sentence.