Indonesian spared the gallows, sentenced to 35 years for killing girlfriend

PUTRAJAYA: An Indonesian man who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend, whose decomposed body was found in a suitcase, was spared the gallows after the Federal Court here on Wednesday commuted his death sentence to 35 years in jail.

A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat and Federal Court Judges Datuk Rhodzariah Bujang and Datuk Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil dismissed Ermiadi’s (rpt: Ermiadi) appeal against his conviction after ruling that his conviction for the murder offence was safe.