Ex-wife charged with murder

In the dock: Nurima and Sadam in court. Both have been charged for the murder of her former husband, ehailing driver Nurman, after Nurima confessed to the act earlier this year. — Bernama

KOTA KINABALU: A woman, who admitted to killing her former husband in a high-profile murder case that freed Special Branch policemen under Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) earlier this year, has been charged for the murder.

The woman, Nurima Juli, 34, and her stepbrother Sadam Kiram, 30, were jointly charged for the murder of ehailing driver Nurman Bakaratu under Section 302 of the Penal Code before Tawau magistrate Dayang Aidaku Amira Aminuddin on Friday.