The Court of Appeal has maintained the murder conviction against former pathologist Dr R Kunaseegaran and five other men over deputy public prosecutor Anthony Kevin Morais’ death nine years ago.

A three-person bench chaired by Hadhariah Syed Ismail this morning unanimously upheld the guilty verdict against Kunaseegaran, 61, S Ravi Chandaran, 53; R Dinishwaran, 32; AK Thinesh Kumar, 31; M Vishwanath, 34; and S Nimalan, 31.