KOTA KINABALU: A contractor and his now ex-wife were on Friday sentenced to 34 years’ imprisonment each by the High Court here for murdering their domestic helper four years ago.
Mohammad Ambree Yunos @ Unos, 44, and Etiqah Siti Noorashikeen Mohd Sulong, 37, were found guilty and convicted by Judge Datuk Dr Lim Hock Leng of murdering Nur Afiyah Daeng Damin, 28, between 8 and 11 December 2021 at a unit in Amber Tower, Lido Avenue Condominium, Penampang.
Ambree was also ordered to receive 12 strokes of the cane, while Etiqah was spared the whipping due to her gender.
window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []};googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.defineSlot('/22826383987/dailyexpress_inline', [1, 1], 'gpt-passback').addService(googletag.pubads());googletag.enableServices();googletag.display('gpt-passback');});The court ordered the duo, who had been out on bail, to begin serving their prison sentences from the date of their conviction – Friday.
They were jointly charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same Code, which carries the death penalty or a prison term of not less than 30 years and not more than 40 years, along with no fewer than 12 strokes of the cane, upon conviction.
