Five judges in the Court of Appeal accepted the prosecution’s appeals for a longer jail term for the boy's father, Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, and to reverse an earlier murder acquittal for the mother, Azlin Arujunah. Both are 30 years old.
Following a High Court trial that ended mid-last year, Azlin and Ridzuan were acquitted of murder and sentenced to 27 years’ jail each on reduced charges of voluntarily causing grievous hurt by a dangerous weapon or means. Life imprisonment is the maximum punishment for this offence. For a week in October 2016, they then scalded him with hot water on four occasions. The boy died on Oct 23, after the fourth time.
His lawyers had argued that he was a young man of 24 at the time, and his adaptive functioning was on an extremely low to low scale. The judges rejected these arguments. The five appellate judges also directed both the prosecution and defence to file submissions on his caning sentence.
Fostered at 1 mth old and returned to unemployed parents at 4?A national disgrace.A family who fell thru from govt safety nets.Sad!
An irrepacable life lost. Sad.
Rest well little baby I wish u fly high u didn't deserve it
Rest well little angel, justice is served.
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