A 48 year old Nigerian man, Ibrahim Emeka Augustine, was on Thursday, sentenced to death by a Kuala Lumpur High Court in the Malaysian capital.
He is to die by hanging after being flund guilty of murdering his step-grandson by throwing the four-year-old child from the third floor of an apartment in the city six years ago.
Malaysian news outlet Berita Harian, said Justice K. Muniandy handed down the sentence to Augustine, 48, after evaluating the totality of evidence presented before the court.
He was charged with causing the death of his step-grandson at an apartment in Setapak between 7.45 am and 8.15 am on November 29, 2020.
The charge was brought under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries a mandatory death sentence or a prison term of between 30 and 40 years with not fewer than 12 strokes of the cane.
