SG BESAR – The lawyer representing a 20-year-old man accused of murdering a pregnant woman in May applied to the magistrates’ court here today for his client to be referred to a psychiatric hospital.
Muhammad Nor Tamrin, representing Muhammad Fakrul Aiman Sajali, told the court that based on the interviews conducted, his client appeared to be mentally unstable.
Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Afiq Qiwamuddin Mustapha Shakri had no objections to the application.
“I leave it to the court on whether to order the evaluation at this stage (magistrates’ court) or if it is something that should be decided if and when it goes to trial (high court),” Afiq said.
Magistrate Siti Hajar Ali fixed September 26 for a decision on the application.
On June 1, Fakrul was charged with the murder of 21-year-old Nur Anisah Abdul Wahab in Jalan Sg Limau here, between 8.30 pm last May 22 and 8am the following day.
The offence, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, is punishable by the death penalty, if convicted.
The media prior to this had reported that an argument to conceal an out-of-wedlock pregnancy led to the brutal murder of a restaurant worker, who was stabbed and slashed in the stomach by her boyfriend at an oil palm plantation in Jalan Sg Limau, here, on May 22.
Her remains were later burnt. – Bernama, August 3, 2023
