KOTA KINABALU: The mannequin used to simulate the condition of the late Zara Qairina Mahathir, who is said to have fallen from the third floor of a school dormitory building, was brought to the inquest proceedings at the Coroner’s Court here today.
The dummy, wrapped in two brown packages, was opened by Crime Scene Investigation officer, Inspector Maidon Bernadus, from the Sabah Police Contingent Headquarters, before the Coroner, Sessions Court Judge Amir Shah Amir Hassan, on the fifth day of the inquest proceedings into the teenager’s death.
The fifth witness showed the damaged condition of the mannequin, with both its left and right legs broken and its head torn off after being dropped from the third floor of the dormitory last Aug 3.
Yesterday, the witness told the court that he and his team conducted two simulations using the dummy, the first by dropping it vertically without any forward push, while the second with a minimal push forward.
He said that, overall, the result of the first simulation was the closest to the position of the victim based on the initial investigation. – Bernama
— More to come
