Impossible to fit Zara Qairina into washing machine, pathologist tells court

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A forensic pathologist who conducted the post-mortem on Zara Qairina Mahathir told the Coroner's Court on Thursday (Sept 4) that it was impossible to place the 13-year-old inside a washing machine.  Dr Jessie Hiu, from Queen Elizabeth Forensic Medicine Department said this was unlikely due to the deceased’s weight.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/45wx455r  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A forensic pathologist who conducted the post-mortem on 13-year-old Zahra Kairina Mahathir told

00:07the coroner's court in Kota Kinabalu on Thursday that it was impossible to place the 13-year-old

00:13inside a washing machine.

00:15Dr. Jessie Hugh, from Queen Elizabeth Forensic Medicine Department, said this was unlikely

00:20due to the deceased's weight.

00:22She said this when questioned by the conducting officer, Deputy Head of Prosecution 2, Datuk

00:27Badiaz Zaman Ahmad, on the second day of the inquest, into the death of the Form 1 student.

00:34Previously, a video went viral claiming that Zahra Kairina had been killed by being put

00:39into a washing machine.

00:41Earlier, a mannequin was brought into the coroner's court hearing.

00:45A legal team for one of the teenagers charged with bullying brought in the life-size mannequin

00:51to help explain the injuries found on Zahra Kairina on the second day of the inquest.

00:56The lawyer, Datuk Ram Singh, had been granted permission by the coroner Amir Shah Amir Hassan

01:03to bring in the mannequin to help explain the injuries sustained by Zahra.

01:08Zahra was found unconscious on the ground floor of her hostel dormitory in Papar on July 16

01:14and died the following day at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

01:17The inquest continues before Sessions Court Judge Amir Shah Amir Hassan, who is serving as

01:23coroner in this case.

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