KOTA BAHARU: The High Court here yesterday sent an unemployed man to the gallows after finding him guilty of trafficking in 66.2g of heroin last year.
Judge Datuk Azman Abdullah handed down the sentence to Mohamed Hasrool Mohamed Najri, 20, after ruling that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubts at the end of the prosecution’s case.
In his judgment, Azman said Mohamed Hasrool’s statement that he was asked by a man known only as ‘Abe Adnan’ to take a plastic package under the roof of the man’s house had failed to raise any doubts.
“The court agree that the accused’s statement on ‘Abe Adnan’ has failed to raise any reasonable doubts because it is unknown whether or not Abe Adnan really exists,” he said.
Mohamed Hasrool committed the offence at a petrol station in Mukim Maka at Jalan Pasir Mas-Tanah Merah, Tanah Merah at 5.10 pm on July 15, 2013.
He was charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carries a mandatory death penalty upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Nordalina Ali prosecuted, while Mohamed Hasrool was represented by lawyer Ahmad Ridzuan Awang. — Bernama