Awal was escorted to a courtroom of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) with his hands cuffed around 12:50pm amid tight security. He was wearing a police helmet and bulletproof vest.

Awal Ashaari speaks to us about fatherhood and life: What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘Father’? 10 years ago, the word father sounded very foreign to me. I refused to be called father ...