Oct 12 set for mention of Adam Rayqal’s case

KUALA LUMPUR: The Selayang Sessions Court here yesterday set Oct 12 for mention to obtain reports on the Deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) test and post mortem of five-month- old Adam Rayqal Mohd Sufi Naeif, whose body was found in the freezer of a refrigerator at his babysitter's house in July.

Judge Rasyihah Ghazali set the date after deputy public prosecutor Nurul Ain Shafie informed the court that the prosecution had yet to obtain the reports.

“There are two more reports not completed – the DNA report and the post mortem report,” she said and requested the court to give another date for mention to get the reports.

The babysitter, Noor Aqilah Abd Rahman, 33, was in court yesterday, accompanied by a woman.

She is represented by lawyer Mohd Redzuan Mohamed Yusoff.

On July 13, Noor Aqilah was charged with two counts of abusing a baby boy, leading to him being injured in the head, and disposing of the body to conceal his death.

She pleaded not guilty to both charges.

On the first charge, under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001, Noor Aqilah is accused of, as a person having the care of fivemonthold Adam Rayqal Mohd Sufi Naeif, of having abused him to the extent of causing a head injury.

The Act provides for a maximum fine of RM50,000 or imprisonment of up to 20 years, or both, if convicted. — Bernama