A Nigerian man was sentenced to death by the High Court
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday, November 30, after he was found
guilty of trafficking more than 700g of drugs into the country in May
2017.
Judge Datuk Azman Abdullah sent Sidrey Shalod Dike, 46,
to the gallows after finding that the defence had failed to raise
reasonable doubt against the prosecution’s case.
“After examining arguments by both the defence and the
prosecution, the court found that the defence failed to raise reasonable
doubt and the accused is found guilty and sentenced to death,” he said.
Dike, a part-time delivery man, was charged with
trafficking 727.1g of methamphetamine at a lane at Jalan Segambut, Kg
Segambut Luar at 2.30pm on May 3, 2017.
He was charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous
Drugs Act 1952 and punishable under Section 39B(2) of the same law,
which provides the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Nadiah Isa, while Dike was represented by lawyer J. Kuldeep Kumar.
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