Foreman claims trial to charges of drink-driving, causing death of married couple

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A 34-year-old foreman was charged at a Magistrate’s Court in Johor Baru for driving under the influence and causing the death of a married couple.  S. Nageshvaran pleaded not guilty to the two separate charges read before Magistrate Nor Farhana Mohd Ishak on Tuesday (Nov 26).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ekzu3zuk  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 34-year-old foreman was charged at a magistrate's court in Johor Bahru for driving under the

00:08influence and causing the death of a married couple.

00:12S. Nageshwaran pleaded not guilty to the two separate charges read before Magistrate Noor

00:17Farhana Mohammed Ishaq on Tuesday.

00:21The accused was first charged with causing the death of 35-year-old Linda Mohammed Abdul

00:25Aziz at an intersection of Jalan Bissar and Jalan Masjid at around 4.15am on November

00:3216.

00:34He was then charged with causing the death of Linda's husband, 37-year-old Mohammed

00:38Redzwan Mohammed Rudy, at the same time and place.

00:42The couple had five children, aged between 3 and 17.

00:45Nageshwaran was accused of driving a car with a blood alcohol content of 170mg per 100ml,

00:54which exceeded the limit of 50mg per 100ml.

00:58The offence was framed under section 44 sub section 1b of the Road Transport Act 1987

01:06which carries a maximum prison term of 15 years and a fine of up to 100,000 ringgit

01:12if found guilty.

01:14Deputy Public Prosecutor Inspector S. Vikinswari offered bail at 15,000 ringgit for each of

01:21the two charges.

01:22However, Nageshwaran's lawyer Sarawana Kumakanan asked for a lower bail, saying that his client

01:29was his family's sole breadwinner, having to take care of his parents and four siblings.

01:35Magistrate Noor Farhana then set bail at 6,000 ringgit with one surety for each of the charges

01:41and set January 14 for next mention and submission of documents.

01:46The court also suspended the accused's driving licence and ordered him to surrender his passport

01:52and to report to the Johor Jaya Police Station twice a month.

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