SOSILAWATI MURDER CASE
BANTING, Dec 16 (Bernama) -- The Telok Datok Magistrate''s Court today set Jan 27 next year for mention of the case of a lawyer and three other men charged with the murder of cosmetics queen Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three men.
Magistrate Hurman Hussain set the date following an application by Deputy Public Prosecutor Ishak Mohd Yusoff in open court. The prosecution was to have handed over copies of the relevant reports, including the chemist''s report, to the defence today.
Lawyer N. Pathmanabhan, 41, and three farm workers T. Thilaiyalagan, 19, R. Matan, 20, and R. Khatavarayan, 30, were charged on Oct 13 for the murder of Sosilawati, 47, bank officer Noorhisham Mohammad, 38, lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim, 32, and Sosilawati''s driver Kamaruddin Shamsuddin, 44, at Lot 2001, Jalan Tanjung Layang, Tanjung Sepat, near here on Aug 30.
Ishak said all the reports required by the defence were ready but a fresh mention date had to be set in view of the hearing of an application for a review of conviction and sentence by farm worker K. Sarawanan, 19, in the Shah Alam High Court on Jan 10 next year.
Sarawanan had pleaded guilty on Oct 15 in the Telok Datok Magistrate''s Court to disposal of evidence by burning the remains of the four murdered people, and was sentenced to seven years jail.
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COURT-SOSILAWATI 2 (LAST) BANTING
Ishak said he had not received any objection from the lawyers of the accused persons regarding the application for the new mention date.
Pathmanabhan was represented by lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Datuk Ng See Tiong and Pushpa Ratnam who held a watching brief at the hearing on the review of conviction and sentence on Sarawanan.
In court today, Khatavarayan''s counsel Ravi Nekoo said his client was beaten up in detention, and the magistrate ordered Ravi to lodge a police report on the matter.
Outside the court, Amer Hamzah told reporters three of the accused in the Sosilawati murder case who were unrepresented had appointed lawyers for themselves.
Magistrate Hurman Hussain set the date following an application by Deputy Public Prosecutor Ishak Mohd Yusoff in open court. The prosecution was to have handed over copies of the relevant reports, including the chemist''s report, to the defence today.
Lawyer N. Pathmanabhan, 41, and three farm workers T. Thilaiyalagan, 19, R. Matan, 20, and R. Khatavarayan, 30, were charged on Oct 13 for the murder of Sosilawati, 47, bank officer Noorhisham Mohammad, 38, lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim, 32, and Sosilawati''s driver Kamaruddin Shamsuddin, 44, at Lot 2001, Jalan Tanjung Layang, Tanjung Sepat, near here on Aug 30.
Ishak said all the reports required by the defence were ready but a fresh mention date had to be set in view of the hearing of an application for a review of conviction and sentence by farm worker K. Sarawanan, 19, in the Shah Alam High Court on Jan 10 next year.
Sarawanan had pleaded guilty on Oct 15 in the Telok Datok Magistrate''s Court to disposal of evidence by burning the remains of the four murdered people, and was sentenced to seven years jail.
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COURT-SOSILAWATI 2 (LAST) BANTING
Ishak said he had not received any objection from the lawyers of the accused persons regarding the application for the new mention date.
Pathmanabhan was represented by lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Datuk Ng See Tiong and Pushpa Ratnam who held a watching brief at the hearing on the review of conviction and sentence on Sarawanan.
In court today, Khatavarayan''s counsel Ravi Nekoo said his client was beaten up in detention, and the magistrate ordered Ravi to lodge a police report on the matter.
Outside the court, Amer Hamzah told reporters three of the accused in the Sosilawati murder case who were unrepresented had appointed lawyers for themselves.
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