S'wakian walks free of manslaughter charge in trial that went through three judges


KOTA KINABALU: Sarawakian Bujet Otek walked out a free man after he was acquitted and discharged without his defence called for a manslaughter charge that saw three Sessions Court judges handle his case.

Kota Kinabalu Sessions Court Judge Amir Shah Amir Hassan, the third judge to sit over the case in the last six years, dismissed the manslaughter charge in which the now 73-year-old was alleged to have killed a 15-year-old boy whose body was found dead in the middle of a padi field at Kampung Lubok Kiulu in Tuaran at 2.20pm on Oct 25, 2017.

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