Malaysian faces death for killing Brits
A court in Malaysia has sentenced a local fishmonger to death for killing two British medical students last year on the Borneo Island's eastern state of Sarawak.
According to Prosecutor Muhamad Iskandar Ahmad, the convict identified as Zulkipli Abdullah, 24, was found guilty of stabbing to death Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger in the city of Kuching of Sarawak State, part of Malaysian territory of Borneo Island in August 2014.
The bodies of the victims were found lying on the road near a bar where an argument took place.
"He was found guilty. The judge accepted the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses," Zulkipli's lawyer Anthony Tai said.
Police forces later arrested five Malaysian men, but only Zulkipli was convicted of murder. The other four appeared in court as prosecution witnesses.
The two British medical students from Britain's Newcastle University, both 22 years old, were on a six-week work placement program with five other students.
Zulkipli, during his trial, admitted to being involved in a street fight with the British students, but denied stabbing them or carrying a knife which led to the murder of the victims.
According to the court ruling, Zulkipli will be hanged. However, his lawyer says the case would be appealed.
Last year, a court sentenced to death a Malaysian shopkeeper for the killing of a French tourist in May 2011.
The same year, Malaysian police found the body of 34-year-old British tourist Gareth Huntley also on the resort island of Tioman.
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