PASIR MAS: A teacher pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here to a charge of attempting to murder his son by stabbing him with a vegetable knife earlier this month.
The 47-year-old accused claimed trial after the charge was read to him before judge Zulkpli Abdullah on Thursday (May 15).
He was charged with stabbing his 11-year-old son twice with a knife and seriously injuring him at their home in Pohon Tanjung at 8.55am on May 2.
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The charge was framed under Section 307 of the Penal Code, which provides for a jail term of up to 20 years upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Siti Aiysha Na’ilah Harizan did not offer bail, and the accused was unrepresented.
The court set June 15 for case mention to obtain forensic and psychiatric observation reports from Hospital Bahagia in Perak. – Bernama
