KOTA KINABALU, Sept 10 — A police witness told the Coroner’s Court today that a fall simulation in the case of 13-year-old Zara Qairina Mahathir may not have fully reflected the actual incident, but was “more or less” representative.
Inspector Maidon Bernadus, who was part of the team that carried out the reconstruction, told the Coroner’s Court that the mannequin used did not replicate all human characteristics, noting that it lacked human joints and was 27cm taller than Zara.
“The simulation is not exactly the same, but more or less,” Maidon said when questioned by counsel Abdul Fikry Jaafar Abdullah, who asked if the exercise provided a 100 per cent picture of the real incident.
“This is because we used a mannequin instead of a live being. So it doesn’t necessarily show the real situation but more or less,” Maidon added.
Abdul Fikry Jaafar Abdullah is part of the defence legal team representing four of the teenagers accused of bullying Zara.
The court heard that the mannequin sustained damage during the first drop, including broken legs and cracked bricks that had been taped around its waist.
The same mannequin was used for a second simulation.
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