24 Jan 2022
NG CHUAN HAN
- Citation
- WA-83D-11196-11/2019 (Mahkamah Majistret)
- Court
- Magistrates' Court
- Case number
- WA-83D-11196-11/2019 (Mahkamah Majistret)
The prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case because there was credible evidence of third-party access to the premises, material contradictions in prosecution witnesses regarding keys, photographs and handling of exhibits, failure to demonstrate that the statutory caution under section 37B was properly given and explained (rendering the accused's explanatory act inadmissible), and material gaps/discrepancies in the chain of custody and exhibit weights (including unexplained custody around fingerprint dusting and urine handling); cumulatively these defects raised reasonable doubt and…