20 Mar 2025
Sainulabdeen Siyad [ ]
- Citation
- N-05(M)-111-03/2023 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
- Court
- M
- Case number
- N-05(M)-111-03/2023 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
The Court held the prosecution proved physical possession and requisite knowledge of methamphetamine, ketamine and pseudoephedrine by the appellants through unchallenged government chemist evidence, DNA linking appellants to items in the premises, recovery of identity documents and the proximity and storage of drugs in an isolated compound; adverse inferences were not warranted as non-production of certain witnesses did not amount to suppression of evidence; photographs were admissible as secondary evidence under s65(1)(c) after originals were deleted; the chemist was competent; convictions w…