TAWAU: A police officer on Wednesday (Jan 24) told the High Court here at the trial of the murder of e-hailing driver Nurman Bakaratu, that a pair of pink children's shoes were among the items found in a white car he examined on Jan 17 last year.
Insp Saizul Farhan Mahali, 38, who is a crime scene investigation officer at the Criminal Investigation Department of the Sabah Contingent Police Headquarters said that besides the shoes found under the rear passenger seat on the left side of the vehicle, sunglasses, and a grey towel were also discovered in the car.
According to the 21st prosecution witness, he inspected the vehicle after being informed by investigating officer ASP Yusman Shahri Marinsah regarding the discovery of a man's body at Jalan Anjur Juara, Jalan Apas Batu 5, Tawau.
In the previous proceedings, Tawau District Police chief ACP Jasmin Hussin told the court that he saw the body (of Nurman) lying on the left side of the white Myvi car.
According to Jasmin who was the eighth prosecution witness, he went to the scene (oil palm plantation) on Jan 16, 2023.
Meanwhile, Saizul Farhan said he and his team departed for the Tawau District Police Headquarters (IPD) on Jan 17, 2023, at 7am and arrived there at 4pm, heading straight to the Tawau IPD parking lot, where they found a vehicle with police barrier tape on it.
"I was informed by ASP Yusman that the car had been towed from the scene to the Tawau IPD while the body was taken to the Tawau Hospital for further action," he said on the seventh day of the trial of the murder of Nurman, 61, involving eight accused, namely former Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) intelligence chief Datuk Mat Zaki Md Zain, six policemen and a civilian.
Rosdi Rastam, 45, Denis Anit, 45, Fabian Rungam, 44, Khairul Azman Bakar, 47, Mohd Azlan Sakaran, 40, John Kennedy Sanggah, 44, and Vivien Fabian, 34, are accused of committing the act at an oil palm plantation near Jalan Anjur Juara, Jalan Apas Batu 5 here between 7.30 and 11.30 pm on Jan 13 last year.
They were charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code read together with Section 34 of the same code which carries the death penalty if convicted.
Mat Zaki, 59, was facing two charges of conspiring to kill Nurman, according to Section 109 of the Penal Code read with Section 302 of the same code.
During the examination-in-chief by Deputy Public Prosecutor Lina Hanini Ismail, Saizul Farhan said on that day (Jan 17), he also conducted blood swabs on the door handle inside the driver's side of the Myvi and the front passenger seat.
He said he also conducted DNA swabs on the car's steering wheel, gearshift, and handbrake handle.
According to Saizul Farhan, on Jan 25, 2023, he was once again instructed to examine the car, and collected a black slipper on the right side under the driver's seat, a mineral water bottle, a cap in the pocket of the left rear passenger seat, fingerprint marks on the inner side of the front passenger’s side window, and fingerprint marks on the door frame of the car, in addition to taking images of the entire vehicle.
"All the case items taken were handed over to the investigating officer," he said.
The trial before Judge Datuk Duncan Sikodol continues on Thursday (Jan 25). - Bernama
