The High Court in Shah Alam was told today that a mobile phone number registered under the law firm of first accused N Pathmanabhan was used to make calls from Subang Jaya on Aug 30, 2010, the night cosmetics millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya and three others were murdered.

Maxis Mobile Sdn Bhd technology specialist Ahmad Safuan Shaharani, 32, said  the itemised bill showed the calls made and received that night.

He said there was a call from an unidentified number to the phone at 10.26pm.

Earlier in the trial the court was informed that lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim’s BMW and Sosilawati’s BMW X5 were found in Jalan SS12/1B and Section 15 respectively in Subang Jaya.  

Ahmad Safuan said that court documents also showed there was a text message sent to an unidentified number via a transmission tower in Lebuhraya Shah near Jalan Johan Setia, Klang, using a number registered under Sosilawati.

Ahmad Safuan said Sosilawati’s daughter Erni Dekritawati had made a call to her mother and CIMB officer Noorhisham Mohamad when questioned by Deputy Public Prosecutor Nor Azimul Azami Mohamad Nor.

Ahmad Safuan was the 46th prosecution witness to testify in the trial of former lawyer Pathmanabhan and his three farm workers T Thilaiyalagan, R Matan and R Kathavarayan who are charged with the murder of Sosilawati, 47, her driver Kamaruddin Shamsuddin, 47, Ahmad Kamil, 32, and Noorhisham, 38.

Pathmanabhan, 42, Thilaiyalagan, 20, Matan, 21, and Kathavarayan, 31, allegedly murdered the four at a lot in Jalan Tanjung Layang, Tanjung Sepat, Banting, between 8.30pm and 9.45pm on Aug 30 last year.

The trial resumes before Judge Akhtar Tahir tomorrow.

- Bernama