13 Jan 2020
AZMAT ALI
- Citation
- 45A-61-07/2017 & 45A-62-07/2017 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- 45A-61-07/2017 & 45A-62-07/2017 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case because it did not adequately investigate or rebut the accused's innocent carrier defence nor provide necessary forensic linkage (fingerprints/swabs), and therefore the inferences of knowledge and trafficking could not be sustained; accused acquitted and discharged.
- Possession
- Trafficking/distribution
- Knowledge of illicit substance
- Innocent carrier defence
- Alcontara directions (duty to investigate defence particulars)
- Dna evidence