A 38-year-old storekeeper, Shahrul Nizam Mohd Shah was found guilty after strangled his girlfriend, Nurul Hazira with her own tudung (headscarf). Suspect took an action after he heard that she was going to marry another man. Based on his statement to the court, he claimed that the deceased, who was his colleague, had suggested that they commit suicide together by drinking poison.
The judge said he did not believe there was a suicide pact between the couple
because severe force was exerted on the deceased as shown by the broken chain around her neck.
In his defence, suspect claimed that victim forced him to drink the poison first but he fainted soon after.When he woke up, he realised that his hand was at the end of her tudung.A post-mortem found that she had died of asphyxia caused by strangulation while a chemist report did not detect any traces of poison in her blood.
Shahrul Nizam was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder
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