Appeals court frees woman convicted of killing newborn | The Malaysian Insight

Appeals court frees woman convicted of killing newborn

A FORMER college student, who was sentenced to death for causing the death of her newborn son in a dormitory toilet six years ago, cried when the Court of Appeal freed her today.

Nur Izzati later pleaded guilty to the lesser charge, and the panel handed her a nine-year jail sentence to begin from the day of arrest, which was March 30, 2017. On April 10, 2017, Nur Izzati was charged with murdering her newborn son in a hostel toilet on the third floor of Kolej Pertanian Malaysia Bukit Kayu Hitam at 5.20pm on March 30 the same year.Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Mohammed Mokhzani Faris Mokhtar said the AGC reduced the charge to infanticide under section 309A of the penal code, punishable under section 309B of the same code, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine.

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