Road tragedy: Norizan (centre) previously pleaded not guilty to causing the deaths of three other youths. — Bernama
KUALA TERENGGANU: A woman driver pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempting to murder a Dungun Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) student last October.
The accused, Norizan Ismail, 50, made the plea before judge Hassan Abdul Ghani after the charge was read out at the High Court, here yesterday.
According to the charge, the mother of three was alleged to have committed the offence at 7.35pm on Oct 9 at Jalan Pantai opposite the university.
If convicted, she can be jailed up to 10 years and fined, and up to 20 years if the offence caused injury.
In the incident, Muhammad Ammar Danish Mohamad Ridhuan, 20, was injured after being hit from behind by the accused, who was driving a SUV.
His three friends, Muhammad Akmal Md Tukirin, 25, Ku Adib Aizad Ku Azmi, 20, and Khairil Anwar Jamaludin, 20, were killed on the spot.
The court set May 20 for the submission of trial documents.
On March 2, Norizan also pleaded not guilty to three charges under Section 302 of the same law for causing the deaths of Muhammad Akmal, Ku Adib Aizad and Khairil Anwar
The case is continuing after the court previously ruled that Norizan was fit to stand trial based on a psychiatric examination report obtained from Hospital Permai, Johor.
