Teen indicted for killing girlfriend

Teen indicted for killing girlfriend

JAKARTA (JP): A 17-year old schoolboy was indicted at West
Jakarta District Court on Monday, on charges of administering an
overdose of chloroform to his girlfriend, after she refused a
date. He was aided in the crime by two family servants.

Prosecutor Patta Sikapang said in a closed trial the
defendant, Teddy Yaputra Sulaiman, along with his accomplices,
drugged the victim, Heppy Trinita, 17, on April 25, and planned
to rape her but found her already dead.

"The defendant was angry after being rejected by the victim.
Heppy asked Teddy not to meet her any longer, telling him that
she would study overseas," Sikapang said.

He said the senior high school student, along with Iksan
Mulyono and Blacktozom Apua Walela, two servants at his house,
planned to kidnap Heppy.

According to the initial plan, Teddy and Heppy would go out
together and then be stopped by Iksan and Blacktozom. Teddy would
then be robbed by Iksan, while Blacktozom would drug the victim
with chloroform, Sikapang said.

Teddy watched Iksan and Blacktozom test the chloroform on a
chicken and rabbit before committing the crime, the prosecutor
said.

Teddy, a son of a restaurant chain owner, then contacted Heppy
about going to watch a film for a farewell party.

He then picked her up from her aunt's house on Jl. Akasia,
Kedoya, in West Jakarta, the prosecutor said.

The couple drove in a Mercedes Benz sedan to a deserted place
near SMU Kemurnian senior high school on Jl. Sekretaris, Duri
Kepa, also in West Jakarta, where Iksan and Blacktozom were
already waiting, he said.

Sikapang said as they had planned, Iksan pointed a knife at
Teddy while Blacktozom grabbed Heppy and covered her nose and
mouth with a handkerchief soaked in chloroform.

After the victim felt limp, he said, Iksan and Blacktozom left
Teddy with Heppy.

The SMU second-grade student then took Heppy to a room at
Hotel Pondok Citra on Jl. Daan Mogot which he already booked, the
prosecutor said.

The defendant then asked a hotel employee, identified as
Achyar, to help him carry the victim from the sedan to the room,
he said.

Alerted by the victim's condition, the employee refused and
instead asked the guest to immediately bring the girl to a nearby
hospital.

A medical doctor from Hidup Sehat clinic came by later to
check up on her condition and told Teddy that Heppy was already
dead, he said.

Sikapang charged the defendant under Article 353 (3) of the
Criminal Code for torture leading to death which carries a
maximum punishment of nine years in prison.

Teddy's lawyer Hotma Sitompoel asked the court to drop the
case in his response statement on Monday, citing Teddy's case
should be handled by a special prosecutor since the defendant was
a minor.

"The indictment should be dropped since the prosecutor was not
equipped with a special letter to handle the case," Hotma said.

Teddy was released on bail on June 30 while Iksan and
Blacktozom will be tried in separate sessions at the same court
on Wednesday.(jun)