KOTA KINABALU: The trial of a senior police officer accused of murdering a 27-year-old single mother in a house in Keningau two years ago, heard yesterday that fingerprints were found at the crime scene.
Inspector Razlan Abdul Razak told Justice Chew Soo Ho that the forensic team had managed to collect fingerprints from the main sliding door and on the bonnet of a Perodua Kelisa parked at the crime scene.
The 20th prosecution witness testified at the High Court here that the forensic team also collected samples of what is believed to be blood, urine, sweat and saliva samples found at the crime scene.
The accused, Ahmad Rizal Umar, 33, is charged with murdering Kartini Borhan at a house located at Taman Adika, Keningau between 4am and 5am on Sept 29, 2011.
He faces the death penalty if found guilty under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
“After examining the house, we marked all the evidences collected and then surrendered all the evidences to the investigating officer, ASP Lee Nyuk Kim,” he said.
During examination-in-chief by DPP Syaripuddin Abd Rasa, Razlan said he found, amongst others, a pair of size 8.5 Nike sport shoes, a pair of white lingerie, and a blue bath towel on the floor of the house living room.
Earlier, the 19th prosecution witness ASP Taruna Madian testified that he noticed dried blood stains in the living room during a visit to the crime scene on Oct 6, 2011.
However, Taruna only made the observation from outside the house because the forensic team and ASP Lee were still making their investigations inside the home.
On a question by the prosecution, he said he took impressions of Rizal’s footprints when the accused was admitted in Hospital Keningau for stab wound injuries.
He also made instructions for the forensic team to take photographs and to measure the size of the footprints at the crime scene that were imprinted on what is alleged to be dried blood.
Taruna further testified that he requested one Dr Siew from Hospital Kuala Lumpur to do a physical check-up on the accused.
On cross-examination by defense counsel Ram Singh, Taruna said the consultation with Dr Siew was to check if the wounds sustained by the accused were self-inflicted or not.
Taruna said he could not be sure if the accused would be able to stab himself in the back but disagreed when asked if Rizal’s injuries were caused by an attack from another individual.
He also disagreed with the defense when it was said to him that he was being selective in obtaining the accused’s footprints.
On re-examination by DPP Ahmad Nazneen, the witness clarified that the wounds sustained by Rizal could be from an act of self-defense or self-inflicted.
He said based on a doctor’s report, the wounds sustained by Rizal indicated patterns that were non-life threatening and inconsistent with a combative encounter.
The trial continues Nov 6 – 7.