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Former Rela personnel gets 30 years, 12 strokes for murder
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KOTA KINABALU (June 18): The Court of Appeal here on Wednesday sentenced a former Rela personnel to 30 years' jail plus 12 whippings for murdering his friend during a drinking session in Kudat six years ago.
Justice Dato' Hj Azman Abdullah, who sat together with Justices Datuk Azhahari Kamal Ramli and Datuk Noorin Badaruddin, unanimously substituted the death sentence imposed on Donny @ Mohd Nazmie Musanna, 45, with jail and whipping punishment and affirmed his conviction.
The jail term will be counted from the date of his arrest on March 27, 2019.
On December 7, 2022, a High Court here sentenced Donny to death penalty after he was found guilty of committing the crime against Ampukir Aladau, 64, at the Tomborungus Tamu area in Kudat on March 26, 2019.
Donny, who was represented by counsel Amli Nohin, was convicted under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
