KUALA TERENGGANU, Feb 6 (Bernama) — The High Court here Sunday acquitted and discharged a youth, who was charged with murdering his father, on grounds of insanity.
However, judge Datuk Mohd Yazid Mustafa ordered Shahrul Azmi Che Mat, 21,to be held at Hospital Permai, Johor Bharu, at the pleasure of the Sultan of Terengganu.
In his judgment, Mohd Yazid said that although the prosecution, through its eight witnesses, was able to proof that Shahrul Azmi committed the offence, the defence had succeeded in establishing that he was not of sound mind when the offence was committed.
He said this was based on the testimony by Hospital Permai psychiatric specialist and consultant, Dr Badi’ah Yahya.
Shahrul Azmi was charged with murdering Che Mat Nik, 51, at their house at Kampung Duyung Besar, Kuala Terengganu about 2pm on Feb 3 last year.
The offence, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Jazamuddin Ahmad Nawawi prosecuted, while Shahrul Azmi was represented by a lawyer from the leagl firm of Messrs. Mohd Yusof Endut & Associate.– BERNAMA
