Spared the gallows for dad’s death

Reduced charge: Niruben being escorted by police officers at the Seremban High Court. He was sentenced to three years’ jail after pleading guilty to an alternative charge of unintentionally causing his father’s death. — Bernama

SEREMBAN: A 28-year-old man was sentenced to three years’ jail after he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of unintentionally causing the death of his father.

K.P. Niruben did not contest the charge after it was read to him before High Court judge Justice Rohani Ismail yesterday.