Forensic inspector in tears

A forensic inspector at the Aminulrasyid Amzah culpable homicide trial cried briefly when describing the position of the youth's lifeless body at the Shah Alam courts this morning.

Inspector Mazli Jusoh (left) had to ask Shah Alam Sessions judge Latifah Mohd Tahar for a brief break to compose himself.

"Can I take five?," he asked the judge, before leaving the witness stand.

Mazli, who joined the police force in 2000 and was transferred to the forensic unit in July 2007, was seen going to the washroom following the break.

Earlier he had told the court that the the teenager was found lying face down on the driver's seat, in a kneeling position, with his body protruding out of the car.

On the stand, he was explaining his findings of that fateful night, describing how he found the body, the bullet holes in the car, the blood splattered all around the driver's seat and also the peculiar position of Aminulrasyid's body.

He said the position of Aminulrasyid's body was "so sad" (amat menyedihkan) as he believed it had been moved from its original position.

He also said he saw blood oozing from the victim's nose.

Inspector Mazli said he found a bullet casing on the grass about eight feet from the car, which may have been from the last fatal shot.

He arrived at the crime scene at about 3.20am after visiting another murder scene earlier in Ampang.

After a break of about 30 minutes, the trial resumed with Inspector Mazli back on the stand.

He then recalled that after seeing Aminulrasyid's body in such a sad posture, he moved it to a less awkward and more respectable position.

"I placed it in a better position as my investigation was bound to take a long time. I did not want to see the body that way," the inspector said.

Apparently, the body had earlier been moved by policemen involved in the chase,in which three patrol cars had taken part.

A paramedic Muhammad Sahid Abdul Karim, had earlier in the trial had testified to the strange positioning of the body, when he was among the first to arrive at the scene.

Corporal Jenain Subi, 48, is charged under Section 304(a) of the Penal Code with culpable homicide not amounting to the murder of Aminulrasyid, at Jalan Tarian 11/2, Section 11, Shah Alam, between 1.10am and 2am on April 26, 2010.

Car was driven fast

Mazli, who graduated with a Science Diploma, believed that Aminulrasyid was driving at a high speed.

"Looking at the petrol trail caused by bullet holes, I believed the car was driven fast. This is based on the way it went in a straight line to hit a tree, a plastic rubbish bin, and a wall, before the front got stuck in a drain," he said.

Asked by DPP Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar if he could estimate the speed of the vehicle, Mazli said he could not.

To another question from DPP Dusuki if he could ascertain whether Aminulrasyid was alive or dead when the car was moving in a straight line, Mazli replied he could not say for sure.

He also told the court that he found an eight-inch parang below the front passenger seat, along with women's shoes.

The weapon could be just seen from back passenger seat of the car along with other personal belongings.

However Aminulrasyid's family members have denied there was a parang in the car.