Inmate murder case set for mention again on Jan 10
Published on: Monday, November 25, 2019
Kota Kinabalu: The case of 10 prisons personnel including an officer charged with murdering an inmate at Kepayan Prison will be mentioned again on Jan 10, next year.
The Magistrate's Court on Monday set the date following an application for another date by the prosecution as the chemist's and post mortem reports were still pending.
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Prisons Inspector Dzulfikri Mohd Safri, 28, and wardens Barry Jipmon, 30, Farizan Mokri, 40, Mohd Saiful Saidin, 34, Amran Yasik, 25, Ab Mutalib @ Talib Abd Rasul, 40, Zerry Maidin, 33, Tomy Momoh, 36, Shahryll Nazry Wan Sofian, 25, and Muhammad Fazi Lakui, 32, were brought before Magistrate Lovely Natasha Charles.
They were jointly accused of murdering one Shainal Mukhtar, 36, in a cell of Gemilang Block, at Kota Kinabalu Central Prison, Jalan Kepayan, near here, at 4.30pm, on Oct 4.
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The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code carries the death penalty on conviction.
The prisons officials were charged on Oct 29 but no plea was recorded from them.