Monday, 05 Oct 2020 09:44 PM MYT
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 5 — A 33-year-old former security guard escaped the gallows after the Federal Court substituted his murder charge to one of unintentionally causing the death of a teenage boy, today broke down after he was told that his mother had died four years ago. Earlier, Thinagaran as the appellant, appealed against his conviction and death sentence after being found guilty of killing a 17-year-old boy at a house in Taman Puchong Indah, Puchong at 9.30pm on March 16, 2011.
At the end of the defence’s case, Thinagaran was found guilty of murdering the teenager and sentenced to death by the High Court.Today, the Federal Court allowed his final appeal and amended the charge to Section 304 which carries a jail term of up to 30 years and also liable to a fine.