Senior cop jailed 7 years, 6 months for causing teen’s death
Nazri Abdul Razak pleads guilty after the murder charge is amended to culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
A senior police officer named Nazri Abdul Razak has been given a seven-year and six-month prison sentence for causing the death of a 17-year-old student in 2023, according to reports from the Ipoh High Court. Nazri, who is 47 years old, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder before Judge Bhupindar Singh.
The court determined that Nazri's sentence should begin from the date of his arrest on December 15, 2023. Initially, Nazri faced charges of murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which could result in the death penalty or anywhere from 30 to 40 years in prison, along with 12 strokes of the cane. However, Judge Bhupindar Singh reduced the charge to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304(b) of the same code after establishing that the prosecution had made a prima facie case for the lesser offense.
The incident involving Nazri occurred near SMK Jati in Ipoh on December 15, 2023, between 11:45 am and 12:32 pm. He was said to have been with the Kedah police headquarters at the time of the incident.
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