KUALA LUMPUR: Controversial former policewoman Sheila Sharon Steven Kumar, better known as "Inspector Sheila", failed to quash the public nuisance charges against her today.
That means she will go for full trial before magistrate Illi Marisqa Khalizan in July this year for allegedly causing public distress to Nuraihan Nadzifah Ibrahim by repeatedly honking and screaming at her.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge on Nov 8 last year.
Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Hamizah Hisan told the court that the Attorney-General's Chambers (A-GC) dismissed Sheila's representation letter seeking the dismissal of her case sent on Feb 20 this year.
Representations are usually made to the A-GC seeking the withdrawal or reduction of charges preferred against an accused.
The court earlier set June 10 and 11 for the trial dates.
However, lawyer Anis Salihah Abdul Malek, who appeared for the accused, asked the court to set a new trial date as lead counsel M. Manoharan needs to attend another case at the Court of Appeal on that date.
The court then fixed July 1 and 2 to hear the case.
On Feb 21, Manoharan said the defence sent the (representation) letter on the grounds that the charges faced by the former cop were trivial.
The offence is alleged to have occurred near a parking lot of a shopping mall in Brickfields at 5.26pm on June 16.
She was charged under Section 268 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum fine of RM400 upon conviction. c
On June 26 last year, Sheila, who has since been suspended from the force, was charged with making criminal threats with an intention to intimidate a 69-year-old woman at a restaurant in Taman Sri Gombak, Gombak, around noon on June 15.
The charge under Section 506 of the Penal Code carries a maximum penalty of two years' jail and a fine if convicted.
Sheila was also charged under Section 509 of the Penal Code with insulting the modesty of 41-year-old Lance Corporal Abdul Arif Farhan Abdul Raz.
The offence carries a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment and a fine if convicted.
Subsequently, Sheila was accused of intimidating a male police officer with the rank of lance corporal with intent to insult his modesty at 1.25pm at the same place and date of the previous charges.