A former sawmill worker who raped a nurse after slashing the woman on the neck will be hanged for her death, having failed in his last attempt to set aside the death sentence, after the Federal Court here today dismissed his appeal.

A three-member panel of the Federal Court, led by the Court of Appeal president Rohana Yusuf, unanimously dismissed 27-year-old Mohammad Awari Ahmad’s appeal against the death sentence meted out by the Kota Bharu High Court after finding him guilty of murdering the wife of an auxiliary policeman.