The Federal Court dismisses the final appeal, upholding the acquittal of Samirah Muzaffar and two teenagers for the 2018 murder of Nazrin Hassan.
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has upheld the acquittal of Samirah Muzaffar and two teenagers for the murder of Cradle Fund CEO Nazrin Hassan eight years ago.
A three-judge panel led by Court of Appeal President Datuk Abu Bakar Jais unanimously dismissed the prosecution’s final appeal.
The panel, which also included Datuk Rhodzariah Bujang and Datuk Nordin Hassan, affirmed the Court of Appeal’s decision to acquit and discharge the trio.
On February 8, 2024, the Court of Appeal had upheld a Shah Alam High Court ruling clearing Samirah, who is Nazrin’s widow, and the two youths, now aged 20 and 23.
Samirah, 51, and the teenagers were charged together with an Indonesian woman, Eka Wahyu Lestari, who remains at large.
They were accused of murdering 45-year-old Nazrin at his Mutiara Damansara residence between 11.30 pm on June 13, 2018 and 4 am the following day.
