GEORGE TOWN: A security guard was charged with murdering his girlfriend at the Balik Pulau Magistrate's court here today.
Tarmizi Yaakob, 20, was charged with murdering Intan Soraya Mawardi, 17, at the Bandar Baru Teluk Kumbar Flats, on Oct 25 between 7.30am and 7.30pm.
No plea was recorded.
Magistrate Nurulrasyidah Mohd Akit then set Jan 13 for mention, pending DNA results.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Shafiq Mahadi prosecuted while Tarmizi was not represented.
The Form Five student was found dead with slash wounds to her neck, at her family’s flat in Bandar Baru Teluk Kumbar.
Her body, covered in a pool of blood was discovered by her father around 7.30pm.