Murder Case - Music Teacher to stand trial
PETALING JAYA (April 13) Music teacher Karen Khaw Phaik Ean, 36, charged with murdering her British boyfriend will have to wait another month for the case to be re-mentioned.
Magistrate Ho Kwong Chin set April 13 for re mention as the prosecution was not prepared to proceed with the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code which carries the death sentence upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Zhafr Rahim Hamzah told the court here that the chemistry department is yet to submit their findings.
“The postmortem report too is not ready,” he told the court.
The defence, represented by two lawyers from Chan Weng Keng & Associated agreed to the date set by the court.
Karen, handcuffed and seen occasionally wiping her tears spent some private moment chatting wit family members while the court stood down in between hearing other cases..
Wearing a black tee-shirt and gray slacks, the bespectacled music teacher was hushed into a packed dock with other accused awaiting their turn for their cases to come up for hearing.
The medium built teacher is charged with murdering Andrew Michael Murchie, 46, between 8am and 9am on March 5 at a rented house at SS2 last Friday.
She was charged on April 10
Murchie, believed to be a former army personnel, was found dead with stab and slash wounds on his neck.
According to earlier press reports, Khaw found his body sprawled naked on the floor of a room in the double-storey house.
No plea was recorded. She was also not offered any bail.
Ho fixed May 13 for re-mention after obtaining consent from the prosecution to transfer the case to the High Court.
On April110, Karen’s lawyer Chan Weng Keng told reporters that his client had informed him that some RM700 was missing from her wallet while she was in police custody.
“I have advised her family to lodge a police report on the matter,” he was reportedly quoted as saying.
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What happen to case now? Is she guilty?
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