The image of a man in dark sunglasses captured in compact disc footage is similar in likeness to the suspect, the Magistrate's Court was told today in the Low Yat Plaza handphone theft case.

Audio-video analyst ASP Fauziah Che Mat, from the police forensics lab in Cheras, told the court, the finding was obtained after analysing five images of the 54 minutes 34 seconds duration CD recording on the theft incident.

“Based on the face in the image, I find it very similar to the individual who is in the dock,” she said during examination-in-chief by deputy public prosecutor S Malini Anne in Kuala Lumpur today.

Fauziah is the eighth prosecution witness to testify in the trial of unemployed Shahrul Anuar Abdul Aziz, 22, who allegedly stole a mobile phone worth RM800 from Techasia Boutique in a shopping centre in Bukit Bintang at 4.47pm on July 11, last year.

Fauziah said she received orders to analyse the CD recording from Investigating Officer Inspector E Denis Venoth on July 13 last year, as the images of the suspect wearing sunglasses contained in the CD recording appeared clearer.

“I viewed the footage and found the images required by the investigating officer in the recording.

“I then ‘captured’ the images of five movements and used the ‘video investigator’ software to improve the quality of the image so that it was clearer,” she said.

There was no display of date and time on the CD recordings, she added.

During cross-examination by counsel Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz, Fauziah said it took her two hours 30 minutes to complete the analysis of the CD recordings.

“The analytical report was completed at 6 pm the same day (July 13),” she added.

Besides Mohd Khairul Azam, the accused is represented by lawyers Mohammad Yahya Zakaria and Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman

The hearing before Magistrate Nur'Aminahtul Mardiah Md Nor continues tomorrow.

- Bernama