SHAH ALAM: A Myanmar national was found guilty for the gruesome murder of a young Indonesian maid seven years ago at a High Court here today.
Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin found the accused, who was only 16 at the time of the alleged incident guilty under Section 302 of the Penal Code for the murder of Nurmahdaleni, 20, at a house in Jalan Kesuma 6, Taman Kesuma in Ampang, Hulu Langat on June 11, 2003, between 11am to 5pm.
Earlier today, Mohd Zaki had ordered the accused to enter his defence over the charge as he found that prosecution had proven a 'prima facie' to the case.
The accused gave his statement in the dock after which Mohd Zaki stated he found the former's defence to be a mere denial and had failed to raise reasonable doubt against the charge.
However, due to his age at the time of the crime, no sentence was metted out yet as the court wanted to wait for his probation report.
The accused had entered Malaysia illegally and was working as a gas tank deliveryman here.
He was arrested on June 11, 2003, the day the half naked body of 20-year-old Nurmahdaleni was found with a knife sticking out of her stomach, by her employer and subsequently charged on June 25 that year.
At the end of the prosecution, Deputy Public Prosecutor Alfred Egin had told the court that based on the testimonies of several key witnesses including the neighbour of the house where the maid worked, the employer, employer's son, chemist and pathologist, the prosecution team felt it had been able to prove the case.
Alfred stated that the prosecution was able to establish the victim had died, that the accused had intentionally cause injuries to the deceased and the injuries he intended to inflict were sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause her death.
He said post-mortem found Nurmadaleni died of "multiple stab wounds and head injuries," and the injuries were consistent with the knives found at the scene while her head injuries were consistent with being caused by a hammer, also found at the scene.
It was stated that based on testimonies of several witnesses, the accused was said to be the last person seen entering and leaving the house.
Before and after the accused left the house, no one could have entered the premises as all the doors were locked. The employer's children were not able to enter the house, until the employer returned and had to open the gate with her own key, Alfred told the court, adding, "This shows that the accused entered and exited the house at the material time in this case."
DNA tests, the DPP said, on the vaginal swab stick, vaginal swab and pre-anal swab stick taken from the deceased indicated there were a mixture of the accused's semen and Nurmahdaleni's blood.
The court was told there were also traces of the deceased's blood on the T-shirt allegedly worn by the accused on the day of the incident, which was seized by the police.
"The injuries experienced by the deceased that lead to her death were caused by the accused. Even though prosecution's case is purely circumstantial, but all testimonies were overwhelming and should lead to one direction, that is the accused," Alfred said.
No date was yet fixed by the court for sentencing.
Source :http://www.mmail.com.my/content/30423-burmese-found-guilty-murdering-indonesian-maid
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