Don't take law into your own hands, judge tells bouncer
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SHAH ALAM: A High Court judge told a bouncer he should not take the law into his own hands to the extent of causing death.
"Even if the victim had committed robbery, you should not take the law into your own hands to an extent of causing his death," judge Abdul Halim Aman told Mohd Azrin Shah Mohamed Azraai.
"It is good that you have carried out the responsibility entrusted upon you by your employer, but it should not be to an extent of endangering your own life.
"True, the victim had robbed, but it is not your power to catch and hit him. We have the police. Your job is to warn (the victim) and report to the police," Abdul Halim said before sentencing Azrin Shah to 17 years' jail for causing the death of M. Joseph, 26, three years ago.
Azrin Shah, a bouncer at a cyber cafe in Petaling Jaya, was ordered to serve the sentence from the date of his arrest on March 7, 2014.
Azrin Shah, 36, had pleaded guilty to an alternative charge with, together with three others still at large, causing Joseph's death at a cyber cafe at Block D2, Jalan PJS 3/46, Taman Sri Manja, Petaling Jaya near here, between 7.35 am and 9.50 am on Nov 5, 2013.
The offence, made under Section 304 (a) of the Penal Code, carries a jail term of up to 30 years and fine.
He was initially charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder, which carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor T. Deepa Nair, while lawyer Shah Rizal Abdul Manan represented Mohd Azrin Shah. - Bernama
