MUAR: A former tyre shop assistant was sentenced to death by the High Court here today for murdering his ex-fiancée when she expressed her desire to marry another man.
Judicial Commissioner Muhammad Jamil Hussin handed down the sentence on Muhammad Irshaduddin Khalis Nasurudin, 25, after finding that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt against the prosecution's case.
Irshaduddin was charged with murdering Nursyafikah Ahmad Ismail, 22, at a motorcycle parking area at the Econsave Supermarket, Jalan Mersing, Kluang near here, between 5.40pm and 5.45pm on April 10, 2015.
The charge, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, provides for the death sentence upon conviction.
In the judgment, Jamil said the court was satisfied with the psychiatric report from the Permai Hospital which found the accused to be mentally stable and fit to stand trial, as well as submissions by the defence and prosecution.
He said Irshaduddin admitted to stabbing the victim and that there is no doubt that the action had caused injury to the woman. It had also been proven that the accused indeed had intention to kill the woman, he added.
He said based on the testimony of witnesses and facts of the case, the court found the accused guilty of the charge and convicted of murder.
A total of 27 prosecution witnesses and three defence witnesses testified during the trial. Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Shukri Hussain prosecuted, while Irshaduddin was represented by lawyer Nur Afiqah Hambali.
Earlier, when the court broke for recess, Irshaduddin had, from the dock, apologised to Nursyafikah's mother and other family members, who were in the court. -- BERNAMA