30 Apr 2024
SOBRI BIN ABDUL WAHAB
- Citation
- B-05(M)-9-01/2022 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
- Court
- M
- Case number
- B-05(M)-9-01/2022 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
Appellant failed to prove legal insanity on a balance of probabilities; trial judge and the Court of Appeal were entitled to prefer the evidence of the treating/rebuttal psychiatrist (SP15) who concluded appellant was legally sane at the time; circumstantial evidence including DNA and the nature and number of stab wounds established intention under s.300 Penal Code; conviction for murder was upheld and the death sentence was commuted to 30 years imprisonment from 10 March 2018 plus 12 strokes.