Jobless man charged with murder of parents, niece

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A 48-year-old jobless man was charged in the Muar Magistrate's Court on Tuesday (Aug 20) with the murder of his elderly parents and 11-year-old niece.  Azman Mohamed Nor nodded after the three charges were read separately before Magistrate Suzana Mokhtar.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/h9jfzyat  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 48-year-old jobless man was charged in the Muah Magistrate's Court on Tuesday with the

00:07murder of his elderly parents and 11-year-old niece.

00:11Azman Mohamed Noor nodded after the three charges were read separately before Magistrate

00:16Susana Mokhtar.

00:18No plea was recorded as murder cases fall under the jurisdiction of the High Court.

00:23The offence was allegedly committed at a house in Kampung Payah Redan, Pago between 1am and

00:293am on August 9.

00:32He was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the death penalty or a

00:37jail term between 30 and 40 years, and whipping of no fewer than 20 strokes of the cane.

00:44The Court set October 24 for the re-mention of the case to obtain forensic, post-mortem

00:50and chemical reports.

00:52Meanwhile at the Sessions Court, Azman pleaded guilty to a charge of intentionally causing

00:57serious injury to his 14-year-old niece by using a wooden stick as a weapon capable of

01:02causing death.

01:03The offence was allegedly committed at the same location, time and day as the murders.

01:08The charge was framed under Section 326 of the Penal Code, which carries a penalty of

01:13up to 20 years in prison, along with fines or whipping upon conviction.

01:18The Court set September 12 for sentencing.

01:21Azman was denied bail due to the three murder charges.

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