Introduction

Mr Marid Singh (Marid), aged 37, was a self-made man. His was a typical success story of rags to riches, having started his working career as an insurance salesman and a part-time watchman and at the time of his death, he was both a director and a shareholder of several companies. He also had interests in the Tequila Trio Pub in Subang Jaya and the Olimpia Sports Club in Ampang.

On 8 October l996, Marid was killed in the still of the night in his own house whilst asleep. It was a brutal killing -- four slashes on the neck. Marid was in a sleeping position when he was slashed by the assailant. No one witnessed the killing. On the night of the killing, his wife Sarjit Kaur, his mother-in-law, his three children -- Mahaveer (aged 13), Ranveer (aged 11), Harpeet Kaur (aged five) -- and two maids were also at the house. Investigation on the murder was initiated by the police swiftly and almost immediately, his wife was arrested and 14 days later, she was formally charged for the murder of her husband.

The charge

The accused was originally charged as follows:

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