There is no evidence that a former army pathologist was the mastermind behind the murder of deputy public prosecutor Anthony Kevin Morais eight years ago, the Court of Appeal heard.

During today’s hearing of Dr R Kunaseegaran’s appeal against his murder conviction and death sentence, his lead defence counsel N Sivananthan pointed out that none of the other five men convicted of the murder had even met the former pathologist.

Sivananthan was referring to