Appeals court commutes siblings' death penalty to 33 years' jail over murder

A woman and her younger brother escaped the death penalty after the Court of Appeal today commuted the death sentence imposed on them to 33 years’ prison each for the murder of her blind husband about four years ago.

The three-person panel comprising Court of Appeal judges Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali and Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, and High Court judge Noorin Badaruddin dismissed the appeal by GS Angela Dewi and Vijaya to overturn their murder conviction.