30 Sept 2019
Izwanuddin bin Kasim
- Citation
- J-05(M)-456-10/2017 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
- Court
- M
- Case number
- J-05(M)-456-10/2017 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
The Court upheld the trial judge’s assessment that the cumulative circumstantial and direct evidence, supported by independent witnesses and forensic pathology (stab wound to the heart), irresistibly pointed to the appellant as the killer; SP14 was not an accomplice requiring special corroboration; failure to call Ros Elly and Hoo Chee Keong did not prejudice the prosecution or create a material gap; therefore conviction for murder and death sentence were safe and the appeal was dismissed.