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Free Malaysia Today
8 hours ago
- Free Malaysia Today
Cops forced me to admit I killed my son, Zayn Rayyan's mum tells court
Ismanira Abdul Manaf was charged last year with neglecting her son, Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin, in a manner likely to cause him physical harm. PETALING JAYA : The mother of Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin told the sessions court today that police forced her to confess to the murder of her autistic son during the investigation into his death last year. Ismanira Abdul Manaf, 30, said she was pressured into admitting guilt when she was brought before a magistrate for a remand order. Under examination-in-chief by her lawyer Haresh Mahadevan, Ismanira claimed that officers coerced her into confessing before magistrate Zhafran Rahim Hamzah. 'I told the magistrate I was not willing to be there before him. The police forced and threatened me to admit to the murder. 'The magistrate recorded a not guilty plea,' she said in court today. She also claimed that during the 13-day remand period, police were unhappy with her answers despite her giving her full cooperation. 'They created a story saying that I found my son, then killed him. I denied it, but they weren't satisfied.' Ismanira claimed she was beaten and threatened by the officers who were unhappy with her denial during the interrogation, which allegedly took place at a safe house. She also alleged that while some officers had pressured her to confess, others were sympathetic. 'Some told me they knew I was innocent, but they had to follow orders. They asked me to be patient until the remand ended,' she said. Ismanira was ordered to enter her defence yesterday while her husband, Zaim Ikhwan Zahari, was acquitted of the same charge. Ismanira and Zaim were charged last year with neglecting Zayn in a manner likely to cause him physical harm. The offence allegedly occurred at PJU Damansara Damai between noon on Dec 5, 2023 – when the boy was said to have gone missing – and 9.55pm the following day, when his body was discovered in a stream near his home at Apartment Idaman, Damansara Damai. The couple was also represented by Ramzani Idris and Lavanesh Haresh. Deputy public prosecutors Raja Zaizul Faridah Raja Zaharudin, Aqharie Durranie Aziz, and Nur Sabrina Zubairi conducted the prosecution. The trial before judge Syahliza Warnoh continues.
ABC News
12 hours ago
- ABC News
Canberra woman banned from owning pet for neglecting her dog so badly it died
Warning: This story contains a graphic image and details of animal cruelty that may distress some readers. A Canberra woman has been given a five-month suspended sentence and banned from owning a pet, after her dog Chisel was found near death in her backyard last year. Jaye Kneller, 39, pleaded guilty to aggravated cruelty to an animal causing death in the ACT Magistrates Court. The court heard when rangers found the dog it was barely alive — badly emaciated, dehydrated, and had multiple maggot infestations, including in its eyes. A vet later euthanised the dog. Magistrate Amy Begley said the dog had died of neglect, but it wasn't a positive act of violence. "This was cruelty by omission," Magistrate Begley said. One report said Kneller said the dog was getting water and food on a daily basis. But Magistrate Begley said that was inconsistent with the report of the vet. Kneller's lawyer told the court the incident had coincided with an episode of poor health for her client. She also pointed to a letter Kneller wrote to the court expressing regret about losing the dog. Prosecutor Liam Taylor agreed the letter showed she was sorry. "There is significant regret in the letter, but that is not the point," Mr Taylor said. Mr Taylor pointed to a pre-sentence report interview where Kneller said she had been unaware of how sick the dog was, even though her friend had pointed it out to her. Magistrate Begley said she accepted Kneller had shown remorse, but the dog had been left to an "extended, painful and awful death". Kneller was sentenced to five months' jail, but that was wholly suspended. She will also serve an 18-month good behaviour order, and is now banned from owning a pet.
Malay Mail
16 hours ago
- Malay Mail
‘I never neglected my son': Zayn Rayyan's mother gives emotional testimony in court
PETALING JAYA, July 22 — The mother of Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin told the Sessions Court here yesterday that she had never neglected her autistic son, specifically on December 5, 2023 as stated in the charges she faces. Ismanira Abdul Manaf, 30, made the assertion during the examination-in-chief by her lawyer Haresh Mahadevan on the first day of her defence proceeding, as she shared with the court details of the day her son disappeared after she picked him up from school. 'I picked Zayn up five minutes late, because I stopped at a supermarket to buy ingredients to cook Zayn's lunch, spaghetti bolognese, which he loves. After coming back, I park my motorcycle at Block C and I would take Zayn to play at the playground because he loves the swing, that's the daily routine. 'Halfway up the stairs to my home I realised that the lack of the sound of his (Zayn's) shoes. I then went upstairs to my home as I suspected Zayn had gone up as he knows where we live. When I arrived at home, Zayn really wasn't there. I didn't hear him running because if he ran, I would definitely have immediately chased after him,' she related. She also shared that she left both the grille door and front door open in hopes that Zayn could come in when he returned. 'At that time, I called out Zayn, sometimes I call him abang because he is the eldest. I tried and called out abang… where are you, but there was no reply,' she said when recounting her movements when Zayn went missing at Block R of Idaman Apartment, Damansara Damai on December 5, 2023. When asked by her lawyer whether she had asked the police about what happened to her son after his body was discovered at a stream near her home the night of December 6, 2023, Ismanira replied that the police stated there were criminal elements, based on the injuries suffered by her son, police suspected a paedophile or a drug addict. Ismanira was testifying in her defence proceedings against charges of neglecting Zayn Rayyan that could possibly lead to physical harm around Block R of Idaman Apartments, Damansara Damai to the area of the nearby stream between noon of December 5 and 9.55 pm of December 6, 2023. The mother chose to provide sworn evidence from the witness box after Judge Dr Syahliza Warnoh ruled earlier today that the prosecution successfully proved a prima facie case against her while her husband, Zaim Ikhwan Zahari, 30, was acquitted from a similar charge. Ismanira faces a maximum jail sentence of 20 years or a fine of RM50,000 or both if found guilty of the charge under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001. The proceedings will resume tomorrow. — Bernama
Yahoo
20 hours ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Parents of man who died in Colorado jail say nurses, deputies ignored his pleas for 15 hours
DENVER (AP) — The parents of a man who died alone in a Colorado jail cell after an ulcer burned a hole in his digestive tract and left him in what they said was excruciating pain for about 15 hours filed a federal lawsuit Monday, accusing the jail's nurses and sheriff's deputes of ignoring his cries for help. The lawsuit blames them, local government officials and Southern Health Partners for failing to stop the death of Daniel Foard in 2023 by taking him to the hospital. Foard, 32, was a cook at a brewpub and user of fentanyl who was arrested for failing to appear in court. After being segregated and monitored for withdrawal from the synthetic opioid, he began vomiting and complained of stomach pain after being put in a regular jail cell, it said. The lawsuit alleges Southern Health Partners — the Tennessee-based company they contracted with to provide health care at the La Plata County jail — has tried to maximize its profits at the jail by only having one nurse on duty at a time, leaving it to medically untrained deputies to monitor sick inmates. The company holds hundred of contracts at jails around the country and the lawsuit alleges that is has been involved in lawsuits related to the deaths of at least five other jail inmates nationally. The company's lawyer, Shira Crittendon, said she had not seen the lawsuit and declined to comment on it. The sheriff's office referred questions about the the lawsuit to a county spokesperson. In a statement, the county said it had not analyzed the allegations in the lawsuit and does not comment publicly on active litigation. Autopsy found Foard died because of an ulcer Foard was found dead in the jail on Aug. 17, 2023, six days after he was arrested. An autopsy found Foard died as a result of a hole created by an ulcer in his small intestine, which caused inflammation of the tissue lining his abdomen. Such ulcers can let food and digestive juices leak out of the body's digestive tract. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, was found in Foard's blood but the autopsy report did not name that as a cause of his death. Dr. Michael Arnall ruled Foard's death was due to natural causes. On Aug. 15, 2023, even though Foard had collapsed several times and had trouble standing, he was moved out of an area where he could be more easily observed for problems with his withdrawal and put into a regular jail cell, staggering as we went, the lawsuit said. The day nurse ignored a deputy's concern that he was very unstable, according to the lawsuit brought by lawyers Dan Weiss, Anna Holland Edwards, John Holland and Erica Grossman. After a deputy delivering breakfast on Aug. 16, 2023 saw that Foard repeatedly fell while trying to get his tray, the jail's day nurse came to check on him, it said. She recorded that Foard reported he had sharp, shooting pain that was a '10' on a scale of one to 10, but she did not call for a doctor or send him to the hospital, it said. The nurse moved Foard to an empty cell where he could be monitored but didn't tell deputies what he was being monitored for and didn't order any follow up care or check on him, it said. He vomited all day and was moved to another cell and then a third because they had all become so messy with vomit, it said. Surveillance video showed him crawling to the final cell, where it said he continuously called out for help and yelled that he needed to go to a hospital, saying he was vomiting blood. The lawsuit claims that no one responded to his pleas but one deputy could be heard on surveillance video telling him to 'try to hit that drain' with his vomit to keep the cell from becoming dirty. Another nurse, working the evening shift, only walked by his cell and glanced inside, but did not assess him or provide care as he was pleading for help, the lawsuit said. When she did enter his cell around 10 p.m., Foard was dead, it said. She told state investigators that vomiting was normal for people withdrawing from fentanyl. State authorities investigated Foard's death The day shift nurse later told a state investigator that it was not unusual that Foard would not have had his vital signs checked for 12 hours because of the number of inmates the jail's nurses need to provide care, according to a report from an investigation by the Colorado Bureau of Investigations. She also said she didn't think there was anything different she could have done based on Foard's symptoms. The bureau's findings were forwarded to the 6th District Attorney's Office, which would decide whether any criminal charges were warranted in connection with Foard's death. It's not known whether the office decided to pursue any charges. A telephone message and email sent to District Attorney Sean Murray were not immediately returned. In a statement, Jim Foard and Susan Gizinski said they want everyone to know about their son's ordeal both to hold those they say are responsible for his death accountable and to change how inmates are treated at the jail. 'Just basic training in having compassion for others would be a great start. But adding more staff is critical too,' they said.
CBS News
21 hours ago
- CBS News
44 dogs living in deplorable conditions rescued from Harford County home, sheriff says
Dozens of dogs were rescued from inhumane conditions inside a home in Harford County, according to the sheriff's office. The Harford County Sheriff's Office received a tip about animal cruelty and neglect at a home on Eagles Grove Court in Whiteford. "No water, feces in the cage and the house, and the house was hot," Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said. "As far as domestic animals, it is the most disgusting case we have dealt with." More than 40 dogs, mostly pit mixes, were taken from the home and brought to the Humane Society of Harford County, where they were each vetted and vaccinated. "I wasn't sure what to expect, but most of them were in pretty good condition," said Erin Long, with the Humane Society of Harford County. "Most of them were wagging and very happy to see us." Sheriff Gahler said there haven't been any arrests, but as the investigation continues, charges may be coming. "When you have a domesticated animal, you're taking on that responsibility when you have one," Gahler said. "When you have 44, you are taking on that responsibility 44 times to provide the proper care that is required, food, water, living conditions, and that was not being done in this case." The Humane Society of Harford County was already at capacity before more than three dozen dogs were brought to the facility. They are asking the public to donate treats, toys, towels, or money to help cover the costs. You can donate by visiting this website. The dogs could go up for adoption once the investigation is complete.
