The Court of Appeal today sentenced a homeless man to death after reinstating his charge for the murder of a friend.

A three-man panel comprising Yaacob Md Sam, Hadhariah Syed Ismail and Nordin Hassan reinstated the murder charge against Mohd Khaidir Man, 30, after allowing the prosecution’s appeal to set aside a High Court’s decision in amending the charge to culpable homicide not amounting to murder...