Unemployed man charged with murder, sodomy of baby

A jobless man was today brought to the Petaling Jaya's Magistrate’s Court on charges of murdering and sodomising a nine-month-old baby boy his wife was babysitting at an apartment three weeks ago.

Mohamed Badruldin Mohamed, 36, nodded his head for the reading of the murder charge while for the charge of sodomising the baby, he pleaded not guilty.

Both charges were read before Magistrate Muhammad Iskandar Zainol.

No plea was recorded from the accused on the murder charge pending transfer of the case to the High Court.

The case grabbed public attention after police at a press conference yesterday said the baby was believed to have been murdered and sodomised by the husband of the babysitter in the bedroom of a house.

His wife was sweeping the outside of the residence at the time.

For the first offence, the man was charged with murdering the infant under Section 302 of the Penal Code which carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.

For the second offence, he was accused of carrying out intercourse against the order of nature on the baby under Section 377C of the same code which provides for a minimum of five years in jail and a maximum of 20 years imprisonment as well as liable to be whipped if found guilty.

He was accused of committing the offences at a house at the Projek Perumahan Rakyat Lembah Subang, Petaling Jaya between 8 am and 3.30 pm on April 27.

The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Alison Chan May Kam while the accused was not represented.

The court set June 15 for re-mention and submission of the chemist report. - Bernama