Malaysian schoolgirl murder case ends in insanity acquittal
A Malaysian teenage boy has been acquitted of murdering a female schoolmate after a judge found he was mentally unsound at the time of the killing. The court ordered that he be detained and treated at a psychiatric hospital. The case concerns the fatal stabbing of Yap Shing Xuen in a toilet at their secondary school on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.The boy, who cannot be named because he is a minor, had pleaded not guilty to the murder charge. His defence did not dispute that he killed the girl, but argued that he had suffered from poor mental health... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 14 Sep 2026 10:29 LONDON
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