Man charged with rape, murder of 85-year-old woman in Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR — An unemployed man was charged on Tuesday (Oct 22) with the murder and rape of an 85-year-old woman in Malaysia last month.
Police said that K Sathiaraj, 27, will be charged under Section 302, Section 376 and Section 377C of the Penal Code for murder, rape and carnal intercourse against the order of nature.
KUALA LUMPUR — An unemployed man was charged on Tuesday (Oct 22) with the murder and rape of an 85-year-old woman in Malaysia last month.
K. Sathiaraj, 27, is accused of having caused the death of the elderly woman in Ampang, Kuala Lumpur on Sept 19, according to Malaysia’s state news agency Bernama.
Local media previously reported that the woman had been found dead by her son in her apartment, with her hands tied and her head covered with a piece of cloth.
No plea was recorded as he was charged in the Ampang Magistrate's Court in Kuala Lumpur, and the murder case is under the jurisdiction of the Malaysia's High Court.
If convicted, Sathiaraj faces a mandatory death sentence.
In the Ampang Sessions Court, Sathiaraj pleaded not guilty to the charge of raping and committing unnatural sex on the elderly woman.
Both of Sathiaraj's cases will be mentioned again in court on Dec 18. AGENCIES
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