The appellate court has allowed an elderly man’s appeal to reduce his jail sentence to 30 years over the murder of his 77-year-old neighbour four years ago.

A three-person Court of Appeal bench chaired by judge Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim this morning unanimously cut down Mohamad Shaharudin Zakaria’s initial 38-year jail sentence over the 2020 murder of Zaharah Khalid.

Speaking on behalf of fellow appellate bench members...