The High Court in Kuala Lumpur heard on Wednesday ( April 30) that a jobless man who admitted to murdering his parents in Kampung Sungai Penchala in 2024 was mentally sound when he committed the crime.
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00:00The High Court in Kuala Lumpur heard on Wednesday that a jobless man who admitted to murdering
00:06his parents in Kampung Sungai Penchala last year was mentally sound when he committed
00:10the crime.
00:12Deputy Public Prosecutor Izzalina Abdullah informed Justice Kay Muniandi that, according
00:17to a psychiatric report from Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta dated February 7, offendi Muhammad
00:23Agus alias Muhammad Ali Omar did not suffer from any mental disorder on the date.
00:30of the offense.
00:31She said the report confirms that the accused was sane on December 9, 2023, and was fully
00:38aware of the nature and consequences of his actions, knowing they were wrong and unlawful.
00:45Offendi's lawyer, Muhammad Ruzaini Zulkifli, confirmed the findings of the medical report
00:50and told the court that his client would maintain his guilty plea.
00:55Izzalina then requested a new date for the presentation of the case facts and sentencing,
01:01as the necessary documents were not available during Wednesday's proceedings.
01:06Justice Muniandi fixed May 20 for the facts of the case and sentencing to be heard.
01:11On November 27 last year, the court ordered offendi to undergo a psychiatric evaluation at Hospital
01:18Bahagia to verify whether his guilty plea, entered on September 6, was made voluntarily.
01:2544-year-old offendi is charged with the murder of his father, Muhammad Agus alias Muhammad Ali Omar, 82, and mother, Darlisma Njatu Saleh, 72, at their home in Kampung Sungai Penchala on December 9.
01:43He faces charges under Section 302 of the Penal Code which carries the death penalty, or imprisonment, of 30 to 40 years, and not fewer than 12 strokes of the cane, upon conviction.
01:57The elderly couple were reportedly found with multiple stab wounds in the living room of their home.