PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has scheduled Sept 27 for the next case management in the appeal of six individuals convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of DPP Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais nine years ago.
Lawyer Jasmine Cheong, representing former pathologist Col Dr R. Kunaseegaran, confirmed the upcoming date following Wednesday’s (Sept 4) case management before Federal Court deputy registrar Mahyun Yusof.
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She said the court indicated the records of appeal were now available and instructed counsels to collect them before the next case management.
On March 14, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeals of Kunaseegaran, 61; moneylender S. Ravi Chandran, 53; and four unemployed men, R. Dinishwaran, 32, AK Thinesh Kumar, 31, M. Vishwanath, 34, and S. Nimalan, 31.
The appellate court's three-judge panel comprising Justices Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail, Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim and Datuk Azmi Ariffin upheld their convictions and death sentences.
The High Court convicted all six on July 10, 2020 for murdering Morais somewhere along the road from Jalan Dutamas Raya, Sentul to No 1 Jalan USJ1/6D, Subang Jaya, between 7am and 8pm on Sept 4, 2015.
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Morais’ body was discovered in a cement-filled drum that had been thrown into a swamp in Subang Jaya.
The Court of Appeal had held that the murder was meticulously planned and the condition of the victim’s body indicated the brutality of the perpetrators. – Bernama
