Court of Appeal upholds conviction on man who beheaded father

The Court of Appeal today upheld the death sentence of an unemployed man who was convicted of killing his father by cutting the victim's body into six parts and severing his head with a machete five years ago.

A three-member Court of Appeal bench, chaired by Judge Kamaludin Md Said, made the ruling in a unanimous decision after dismissing the appeal by You Poh Khoon, 57, to set aside the conviction and sentence on grounds of insanity...