PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by a 22-year-old man for the murder of 23 people in an arson at the Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah tahfiz centre almost seven years ago.
On the issue raised by the youth's lawyer Haijan Oma that his client’s defence of alibi had raised a reasonable doubt on the prosecution’s case, Justice Tengku Maimun said the law is clear that where there is no ill motive, the defence of alibi cannot prevail over-identification.
Section 97 of the Child Act 2001 stipulates that a death sentence shall not be pronounced or recorded against a person convicted of an offence if the child is under the age of 18, and in lieu of the death sentence, as provided under Section 97 of the same law, the court shall order the person to be detained at the pleasure of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.The High Court had also acquitted another 22-year-old youth for the murder.
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