3 Oct 2024
THIYAGU A/L BALAKRISHNAN [ ]
- Citation
- 05(M)-9-01/2023(C) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
- Court
- M
- Case number
- 05(M)-9-01/2023(C) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
The Federal Court held that the prosecution had proved guilt beyond reasonable doubt: the prosecution witnesses gave reliable in-court identifications supported by consistent contemporaneous observations; the disputed video was properly excluded for lack of forensic authentication; the joint participation of appellants satisfied s.34 common intention; forensic pathology evidence was sufficient to show fatal multiple slash wounds to the head; thus convictions were upheld though the death sentences were commuted to fixed terms of imprisonment and corporal punishment in exercise of the Court's d…