KOTA KINABALU: A contractor and his now ex-wife were on Friday sentenced to 34 years’ imprisonment each by the High Court here for murdering their domestic helper four years ago.
Mohammad Ambree Yunos @ Unos, 44, and Etiqah Siti Noorashikeen Mohd Sulong, 37, were found guilty and convicted by Judge Datuk Dr Lim Hock Leng of murdering Nur Afiyah Daeng Damin, 28, between 8 and 11 December 2021 at a unit in Amber Tower, Lido Avenue Condominium, Penampang.
Ambree was also ordered to receive 12 strokes of the cane, while Etiqah was spared the whipping due to her gender.
The court ordered the duo, who had been out on bail, to begin serving their prison sentences from the date of their conviction – Friday.
They were jointly charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same Code, which carries the death penalty or a prison term of not less than 30 years and not more than 40 years, along with no fewer than 12 strokes of the cane, upon conviction.
