Seventh accused, S Ravi Chandaran, 47, who is the sixth and last defence witness, was supposed to continue with his testimony today when the case resumed at 2.45pm today.

His lawyer, V Rajagopal, told Bernama his client had been admitted to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

“He (Ravi Chandaran) has diabetes and high blood pressure. He was ordered to be sent to Tanglin Health Clinic for treatment, but the clinic referred him to Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

“I am not sure how long he will be in the hospital, but the court has fixed this Monday to continue hearing the case,” he added.

After taking his oath on the 17th day of the trial, which started at 9.30 am today, Ravi Chandran told the court he could testify, though he was feeling dizzy.

Following that, judge Azman Abdullah ordered the police to accompany Ravi Chandaran to Tanglin Hospital.

“After that come back to the court and we see how,” he said.

Azman had also postponed the hearing yesterday when Ravi refused to testify, saying he could not testify because he was not in a stable mind as he did not have enough sleep and was also not given food when he got back to prison.

R Dinishwaran, AK Thinesh Kumar, M Vishwanath, S Nimalan, Ravi and an army doctor, Colonel Dr R Kunaseegaran, 55, had pleaded not guilty to the charge of murdering Kevin Morais, 55, between 7am and 8pm on Sept 4, 2015, while the deputy public prosecutor was on his way from Jalan Dutamas 1, Sentul, to No 1, Jalan USJ 1/ 6D, Subang Jaya.

They were charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code and face the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.

Dinishwaran, 26, Thinesh Kumar, 25, Vishwanath, 28, Nimalan and Ravi were represented by Rajehgopal, while Kunaseegaran was represented by lawyer N Sivananthan.

The prosecution team was led by deputy public prosecutor Saiful Edris Zainuddin.

Kevin Morais trial: Witness refuses to testify due to ‘lack of sleep’