KOTA TINGGI: A 43-year-old excavator driver has been charged at a magistrate’s court here with murdering his wife. Mohd Hanafi Patahur Rahim is accused of murdering his wife Noor Hasliza Alias, 38, at a house on Jalan SS 2/4, Taman Sri Saujana here at around 3.30am on March 1. He has been charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder, which carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction. No plea was recorded when he was brought before magistrate Rashidah Baharom on Tuesday (March 16). The court then set April 18 for the next mention of the case pending chemistry and forensic reports. Hanafi was later brought to the Sessions Court where he pleaded guilty to four charges of possessing illegal firearms.