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Anna Jenkins’ family to challenge open verdict

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The family filed a revision on May 26 to challenge the coroner court’s ruling on the death of the 65-year-old Australian.

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On May 12, the coroner’s court said it was unable to determine how Anna Jenkins died and what could have caused her death due to a lack of evidence.

GEORGE TOWN:
The family of the late Anna Jenkins has filed for a revision to challenge a coroner’s court ruling earlier this month that returned an open verdict over her death.

In a letter dated May 26, law firm Jerald Gomez & Associates urged the High Court to look into the decision delivered on May 12.

They cited the testimony of Dr Amir Saad Abdul Rahim, a forensic doctor, and investigating officer Azrul Azizan Mat Rawi about injuries noted on her humerus bone, as one of the grounds for review.

“Being an inquest which has garnered considerable public and international interest and the involvement of the Australian high commission, a revision is warranted for the reasons stated above and for further reasons that will be ventilated at the hearing,” the lawyers said.

In her ruling, coroner Norsalha Hamzah said the court was unable to determine how Jenkins, an Australian citizen, died and what could have caused her death due to a lack of evidence.

Parit Buntar-born Anna went missing in Penang while on a short holiday with her husband in December 2017. She was 65.

Her remains were found at a construction site in June 2020 near the racecourse at Scotland Road, 3km from where she was last seen alighting from an Uber e-hailing ride.

Her son, Greg previously said he was disappointed with the open verdict, adding that “there were obvious gaps in the police’s probe into his mother’s death”.

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