KANGAR: An unemployed man was sentenced to death by the High Court here after finding him guilty for the murder of his lover’s six-year-old son.

       Judicial Commissioner Dr Arik Sanusi Yeop Johari imposed the sentence on Noraizuwan Hamali, 30, after finding he had failed to raise a reasonable doubt on the prosecution’s case.

       Noraizuwan was charged with killing Muhammad Rayyan Hidayat Hairil Khan at a house in Jalan Arau, Lorong Chempaka in Kampung Jejawi, near here, between 3.45 pm on April 18, 2018, and 12.10am the following day.

       He was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which provides for the mandatory death sentence on conviction. — Bernama