00:00A 39-year-old man has been acquitted and discharged by the High Court in Johor Bahru
00:12of a double murder that occurred seven years ago, allowing him to evade the death penalty.
00:18M. Jaykumar, who faced charges for the murder of P.K. Kamala and S. Silva Raja, was declared a free
00:24man after Justice Datuk Abubakar Qatar ruled that there was no prima facie case against him.
00:30In his judgment, Abubakar noted the lack of evidence connecting Jaykumar, who was a labourer
00:36in Singapore, to the murders. He stated that the prosecution relied on circumstantial evidence
00:43to prove that the deaths of the two deceased were caused by injuries inflicted by the accused.
00:48He added that the court found the available evidence was insufficient to link the accused
00:55to the murders. The prosecution's failure to confirm whether jewellery sold at a pawn shop
01:00by Jaykumar belonged to one of the victims added to the doubt. Additionally, no blood traces from
01:08the deceased were found on Jaykumar's belongings, and the investigating officer failed to send his
01:13clothes or items for DNA testing. Furthermore, the timeline presented by the prosecution was questioned,
01:21as a witness testified that one of the deceased was still on the phone at 11.40pm, creating doubt
01:26regarding the estimated time of death. Justice Abubakar ordered the accused to be discharged and
01:32acquitted of both charges without being called to enter his defence. Jaykumar, a father of two,
01:38was represented by lawyers Datin Frida Sabapathy and Kay Sarawana Kumar.
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