MUAR, April 11 (Bernama) —\u00a0A 22-year-old woman\u00a0escaped the death penalty here today, when the Muar High Court ordered her to be jailed for a period until pardoned by the Sultan of Johor, after she was\u00a0found guilty of killing\u00a0her husband\u00a0five years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Judicial Commissioner Awang Armadajaya Awang Mahmud came to the decision after finding that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubts against the prosecution’s case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman\u00a0was charged under Section 302 with killing her husband, Mohd Firdaus Md Sallehuddin, 28, at a house on Jalan Indah 6, Taman Pertama Indah, Sungai Abong, here, at about 1.30 pm, Oct 14, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Awang Armadajaya in his judgment said, as the woman was a minor when the offence was committed, she could not be sentenced to death, but rather jailed for a period until pardoned by the Sultan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecause on the date of the incident you were 17 years 11 months and 10 days old, you still were defined as a minor under the Child Act 2001,\u201d he said, adding that she could appeal to the Pardon\u2019s Board and the Sultan of Johor for commutation of the sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“If you were an adult (at the time), I would have had to impose the death penalty. Thank God you are saved from the death penalty. I pray that you lead a better life after this, and bring benefit to your\u00a0family and the society. I have heard your lawyer’s appeal stating that your life has been\u00a0full of sorrow,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on the facts of the case, the woman stabbed her husband – a poultry shop assistant – with a vegetable knife at the residence of the latter\u2019s employer, in the incident that occurred about five months into their marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the course of the trial which began in 2017, seven prosecution witnesses and two defence witnesses – the offender and her stepfather – were called to testify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutors Muhammad Azfar Mahmod and Mustaqim Sukarno while lawyer Yoong How Kiat represented the accused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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