Anna Jenkins Family To Challenge Open Verdict

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On May 12, the coroner’s court said it was unable to determine how Anna Jenkins died and what could have caused her death due to a lack of evidence.GEORGE TOWN: The family of the late Anna Jenkins filed a revision to challenge a coroner’s court ruling earlier this month that returned an open verdict over her death.
Law firm Jerald Gomez & Associates, in a letter dated May 26, urged the High Court to look into the decision that was delivered on May 12.
They cited testimonies from a forensic doctor, Dr Amir Saad Abdul Rahim, and an investigating officer, Azrul Azizan Mat Rawi, about the injuries on her humerus bone, as one of the grounds for a review.
Ads by Kiosked“Being an inquest which has garnered considerable public and international interest and the involvement of the Australian high commission, a revision is warranted for the reasons stated above and for further reasons that will be ventilated at the hearing,” the lawyers said.
In her ruling, coroner Norsalha Hamzah said the court was unable to determine how Jenkins, an Australian citizen, died and what could have caused her death due to a lack of evidence.
Parit Buntar-born Anna went missing in Penang while on a short holiday with her husband in December 2017. She was 65.
Her remains were found at a construction site in June 2020 near the racecourse at Scotland Road, 3km from where she was last seen alighting from an Uber e-hailing ride.
Her son, Greg previously said he was disappointed with the open verdict, adding that “there were obvious gaps in the police’s probe into his mother’s death”. - FMT

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