The Kuching High Court was told that Elora Duka shook the child violently as he was lying on the floor in a bid to get him to stop crying, causing his head to hit the floor repeatedly, before going to feed her cat. (File pic)
PETALING JAYA: The Kuching High Court today sentenced a housewife to jail for 30 years for murdering her husband’s three-year-old nephew.
Judicial Commissioner Zaleha Yusof Pan meted out the sentence after Elora Duka pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which stipulates the death penalty or a minimum of 30 years in jail, the Borneo Post reported.
She was charged with committing the offence in 2021.
Citing a police report, the daily reported that Elora — in a fit of anger and out of frustration — shook the child violently as he was lying on the floor in a bid to get him to stop crying, causing his head to hit the floor repeatedly.
She then pressed down on his neck and applied pressure to his stomach several times.
When the child became unconscious, she left him on the floor and went to feed her cat.
When she was alerted by her son that the toddler was gasping for air, she contacted her husband and they brought the child to the hospital in Lundu.
A post-mortem later revealed that the cause of death was head and intra-abdominal injuries due to blunt force trauma.
Deputy public prosecutor Aida Nurdiana prosecuted, while Elora was represented by lawyer Timothy Finlayson Joel.
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