PUTRAJAYA, July 14 — A 66-year-old American today escaped the gallows over the death of his ex-wife in a hotel almost five years ago after the Federal Court substituted his murder conviction to one of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
When contacted, one of Mickelson’s lawyers, Grace S. Nathan said after looking at all the evidence available, the court found that there was no intention on the part of the appellant to commit murder. In the High Court, a prosecution witness testified that the hotel received a call through the hotel intercom from the room from a male caller asking for police to be sent to his suite because there was “trouble”.
“The appellant had been married to the deceased for 30 years and continued to care for her for another five years after their divorce, adding that one does not spend 35 years caring for and protecting someone only to turn around one day and decide to harm them, much less kill them,” he said. He said Mickelson should be entitled to a full acquittal as he had shown on a balance of probabilities that he was rightfully and lawfully exercising his right of private defence.
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