The Johor Bahru High Court has annulled a consent judgment entered in 2007 requiring a senior cop and his wife to pay the woman RM500 monthly towards her medical costs. (Wikimedia Commons pic)PETALING JAYA: A former hairstylist who became paralysed following a shooting incident involving a senior police officer’s wife 29 years ago was awarded RM350,000 in a consent judgment recorded at the Johor Bahru High Court yesterday.
Judicial Commissioner Budiman Lutfi Mohamed also annulled a consent judgment entered in 2007 in a previous suit involving the plaintiff and the couple.
“This settlement has been reached without any admission of liability by any of the parties in the matter.
“The (2007) agreement via the then consent judgment is hereby cancelled with immediate effect and without liberty for the parties to file afresh,” he said on Wednesday.
