KUALA LUMPUR: Six Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) college students have been sentenced to 18 years’ jail every for the culpable murder of marine cadet officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, who died from accidents brought on by a steam iron 4 years in the past.
Kuala Lumpur Excessive Court docket choose Justice Azman Abdullah ordered the sentence to run from their date of arrest.
“I couldn’t think about the way it will need to have been as a result of it could have damage if the steam iron hit your hand… think about it on one’s delicate components?
“Though you might be younger offenders, your motion is rather like a hardcore legal. I empathise with the remorse and disappointment your mother and father will need to have felt,” the choose stated previous to sentencing on Tuesday (Nov 2).
The six are Muhammad Akmal Zuhairi Azmal, Muhammad Azamuddin Mod Sofi, Muhammad Najib Mohd Razi, Muhammad Afif Najmudin Azahat and Mohamad Shobirin Sabri who initially confronted homicide costs and Abdoul Hakeem Mohd Ali who was charged with abetting the homicide.
They escaped the necessary loss of life sentence below Part 302 of the Penal Code after the choose didn’t discover intent to homicide though the prosecution had efficiently confirmed that the accused triggered grievous damage to the sufferer through the use of a steam iron.
“The court docket is glad that the hanging of the steam iron on the physique had triggered the sufferer’s loss of life however this didn’t represent a premeditation on homicide.
“All six of you, with frequent intention and the abetment of the sixth accused, had collectively triggered the accidents on the deceased with no intent of homicide,” he stated in his choice.
Justice Azman stated primarily based on the defence, the case was confirmed on the weather of Part 299 of the Penal Code as a substitute, punishable below Part 304(a) of the Penal Code the place they face a most imprisonment of 30 years and are liable to a tremendous.
In the meantime, the group – aside from Mohamad Shobirin – and along with 12 others have been discovered responsible of voluntarily inflicting damage to Zulfarhan to extort a confession from him over a laptop computer theft.
They have been charged with deliberately inflicting damage to the sufferer, to acquire a confession that he had stolen a laptop computer, below Part 330 of the Penal Code learn along with Part 34 of the identical code, which carries a most sentence of seven years’ imprisonment and a tremendous.
“The defence has failed to lift cheap doubt the place the prosecution had confirmed its case in opposition to them.
“You’re all discovered responsible below Part 330 for inflicting damage on the deceased to get a confession from him,” the choose stated.
The opposite 12 accused are Mohd Hafiz Fauzan Ismail, Mohamad Lukhmanul Hakim Mohd Zain, Ahmad Shafwan Berdal, Muhammad Amirul Asraff Mala, Luqman Hakim Shamsuri, Muhammad Sufi Mohd Mustapha, Noriznan Izzairi Noor Azhar, Muhamad Ashraf Abdullah, Muhammad Danial Firdaus Azmir, Muhammad Hasif, Muhammad Adib Iman and Mohamad Syazwan.
For the offence below Part 330, Justice Azman sentenced every of them to a few years in jail from the sentencing date.
For the 5 who have been convicted for each Part 304(a) and Part 330, Justice Azman ordered for the jail phrases to run concurrently.
The court docket additionally allowed a keep of execution for the offenders convicted below Part 304 pending enchantment to the Court docket of Attraction.
Earlier, Zulfarhan’s mom Hawa Osman took the stand to learn her Sufferer Influence Assertion.
The 58-year-old stated the case had affected her and her household.
“My well being deteriorated. I undergo from a critical cataract as a result of I can not cease crying.
“I’ve hypertension as a result of I can not sleep at evening,” she stated.
Hawa stated she was so traumatised that till right this moment, she discovered it troublesome letting her different youngsters depart dwelling with out worrying about their security.
“I desire a sentence that matches the crime and that might function a lesson for society in order that this incident will not occur to different mother and father,” she stated.
Hawa additionally advised the court docket that she suffered from extended disappointment over the lack of her firstborn.
“Arwah lambang kasih sayang saya dan suami (he was a logo of affection to me and my husband),” she stated.
