13 students face charge of murdering college mate

KOTA KINABALU: Thirteen Lahad Datu Vocational College students, who allegedly fatally beat up a college mate in March for “stealing” money, have claimed trial in the High Court to a joint murder charge.

The teenagers, aged between 16 and 19, pleaded not guilty to murdering Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat Mohd Narul Azwan, 17, at the college’s hostel. Their pleas were recorded before Tawau High Court judge Justice Duncan Sikodol.