Duo fail to set aside death penalty for Sosilawati’s murder


PUTRAJAYA: A Federal Court review panel today retained the death sentence handed down to two men for the murder of cosmetics millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya and her three aides 14 years ago.
A three-member bench chaired by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said the imposition of capital punishment on former lawyer N Pathmanabhan, 55, and ex-farmhand T Thilaiyalagan, 33, was appropriate.
“The modus operandi of the murders is related to the applicants’ convictions, which we are not prepared to review. Based on the facts and circumstances of the case, the review is dismissed,” she said.
Fellow convict R Kathavarayan also applied for a review of his sentence, but lawyer Latheefa Koya told the court today that her client was withdrawing the application.
The trio had sought to have their death sentences commuted to imprisonment following the enactment of the Mandatory Death Penalty Abolition Act 2023, which gives judges the discretion to impose either the death penalty or a prison sentence of between 30 to 40 years.
Also sitting to hear the applications were Justices Nordin Hassan and Abu Bakar Jais.
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