DPP: It was a crime of passion

KUALA LUMPUR: The trial of an engineer accused of murdering marketing executive Noritta Samsudin began in the High Court yesterday with the prosecution pledging to prove that the 22-year-old woman was a victim of a crime of passion sparked by jealousy. 

Deputy Public Prosecutor Stanley Augustin said in the opening statement that the prosecution would show evidence that the woman had died of asphyxia, which was consistent with her being choked by the accused Hanif Basree Abdul Rahman.