SHAH ALAM: The High Court has dismissed an appeal by former travel agency manager Hafizul Hawari to backdate his seven-year jail sentence for shooting his estranged wife at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to the date of his arrest in 2024.
Hafizul will serve the seven-year sentence for the KLIA shooting after completing the six-year jail term imposed by the Kota Baru Sessions Court for separate offences.
In his grounds of judgment dated Oct 19, judge Datuk Seri Shamsulbahri Ibrahim upheld the Sepang Sessions Court's decision on Dec 5 last year that the KLIA sentences should take effect after Hafizul completes his existing jail term.
The 39-year-old had pleaded guilty to attempting to murder his estranged wife, Farah Md Isa, 40, and voluntarily causing grievous hurt to her personal bodyguard, Mohd Nur Hadith Zaini, during the shooting at KLIA Terminal 1 on April 14, 2024.
