Woman Convicted Of Murdering Hubby Saved From The Gallows

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A woman escaped the death sentence for killing her husband as she was a minor when the offence was committed. (Bernama pic)MUAR: A 22-year-old woman was freed of the death penalty here today when the Muar High Court ordered her to be jailed for a period until pardoned by the Sultan of Johor after she was found guilty of killing her husband five years ago.
Judicial commissioner Awang Armadajaya Awang Mahmud said the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt about the prosecution’s case, but the death penalty did not apply as she was a minor at the time.
The woman was charged under Section 302 with killing her husband, Firdaus Md Sallehuddin, 28, at a house on Jalan Indah 6, Taman Pertama Indah, Sungai Abong, here, at 1.30pm on Oct 14, 2017.
However, Awang Armadajaya, in his judgment, said as the woman was a minor when the offence was committed, she could not be sentenced to death, but rather jailed for a period until pardoned by the sultan.
“On the day of the incident, you were 17 years, 11 months and 10 days old. You were still defined as a minor under the Child Act 2001,” he said, adding that she could appeal to the Pardons Board and the Sultan of Johor for commutation of the sentence.
“If you were an adult at the time, I would have had to impose the death penalty.
“Thank God, you are saved from the death penalty. I pray that you lead a better life after this.
“I have heard your lawyer’s appeal stating that your life has been one full of sorrow,” he said.
Based on the facts of the case, the woman stabbed her husband — a poultry shop assistant — with a vegetable knife at the residence of the man’s employer.
The incident occurred just five months into their marriage.
During the course of the trial, which began in 2017, seven prosecution witnesses and two defence witnesses — the offender and her stepfather — were called to testify.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutors Azfar Mahmod and Mustaqim Sukarno while lawyer Yoong How Kiat represented the accused. - FMT

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