Malaysian Teen Found Not Guilty of Murder Due to Insanity

A Malaysian teenager was on Monday found not guilty of murdering his 16-year-old schoolmate last year, after a high court ruled that he had been of unsound mind when he attacked the victim in their school, in a case that left the country reeling in shock and horror.

The victim, who was a year from finishing high school, had suffered at least 180 stab wounds to her body and died from injuries to her neck and chest, according to the forensic report.

Judge Adlin Abdul Majid ruled during closed-door proceedings that the defence had successfully established a plea of insanity based on the testimony of forensic psychiatrist Dr Ian Lloyd Anthony that the boy suffered from severe schizophrenia.