The incident happened when the former lorry driver asked his father for money and slashed his throat when his request was ignored.
PUTRAJAYA: A former lorry driver escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal here today replaced his death sentence with 35 years in prison for killing his father by slashing the victim’s throat with a parang.
“However, the court allows the appellant’s appeal against the death sentence. The death sentence is set aside and replaced with a 35-year prison term, commencing from the date the appellant was arrested on July 4, 2017.”Vazeer said Nazri had also been spared the cane as he was over 50 years old. Earlier, Nazri’s lawyer, Ahmad Ishrakh Saad argued that at the time of the incident, the appellant was drunk, a fact supported by the prosecution’s witnesses.
Deputy public prosecutor Fuad Abdul Aziz, however, said there was testimony from prosecution witnesses that the appellant had driven his car for two hours from the victim’s house to his friend’s house in Sungai Pelek, Sepang.