Dental nurse tells inquest she booked e-hailing ride for Annapuranee Jenkins but doesn’t know if she reached her destination

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Nurse Lim Cheng Wooi enters the courtroom at the George City Periods Court, March 29, 2022. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

GEORGE Town, March 29 — Australian Annapuranee Jenkins left the dental clinic on the working day she went lacking in an e-hailing journey booked by the clinic’s nurse, the Coroner’s Court listed here heard right now.

The nurse/receptionist, Lim Cheng Wooi, claimed she assisted the pensioner e book a journey with e-hailing company, Uber.

“She experienced a mobile cellphone with her, but she did not have the Uber app, so I served to book an Uber ride for her employing my cell phone,” she informed the inquest into Jenkins’ death, which was presided about by Coroner Norsalha Hamzah today.

She claimed Jenkins experienced absent to the dental clinic in Pulau Tikus on December 13, 2017, as she had an appointment to collect her dentures.

Lim said Jenkins’ dentures had however to arrive at the time, so she only had fillings performed on that day, according to her dental documents.

“After the course of action, she asked me to enable her get an Uber experience and established the vacation spot for a property referred to as Small Sisters of the Weak,” she mentioned all through questioning by Penang condition prosecution office director Datuk Khairul Annuar Abd Halim.

She reported she established the payment for Jenkins to pay the driver in dollars when she arrived at her place.

“I wrote the Uber’s range plate on a piece of paper for her so that she could quickly get into the vehicle when it arrived,” she said.

When requested if she realized no matter if Jenkins reached her supposed vacation spot, Lim claimed she didn’t.

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Son of late Annapuranee Jenkins, Gregory Jenkins at the George City Classes Court, March 29, 2022. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

She stated she only found out Jenkins went lacking the adhering to day, when her son, Gregory Jenkins, referred to as the clinic to ask if his mom experienced built it to her dental appointment.

Previously, Lim stated Jenkins’ appointment was at 11.30am on that working day.

She explained Jenkins had been a individual at the clinic due to the fact 2012, and in December 2017, she had been to the clinic 2 times prior to December 13.

“She was often early to her appointments, so on that day, she could have been early and arrived at 11am,” she reported.

She mentioned the dental technique Jenkins had lasted about 30 minutes.

“It was only a typical filling procedure, so she was not supplied any anaesthetics,” she stated.

Lim also agreed to lookup for the Uber receipt of the journey she purchased for Jenkins in her electronic mail and post it to the Coroner’s Courtroom at the ask for of counsel S Raveentharan, who is conducting a looking at quick on behalf of the Jenkins spouse and children.

Jenkins was documented lacking on December 13 in 2017.

A CCTV recording from Jen Resort, in which she was being, showed that she still left the premises at about 2.42pm in a taxi.

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The third witness in the inquest, V Thiruarasan, who labored at Jen Resort, at the George Town Periods Courtroom, March 29, 2022. — Image by Sayuti Zainudin

Before now, the 3rd witness in the inquest, V Thiruarasan, who worked at Jen Lodge, verified that Jenkins had problems hoping to get an e-hailing journey on her cell cellular phone at about 2pm.

“She was getting issues, so I supplied to assistance, but it was not doing work at the time, so she decided to consider a taxi,” he claimed.

He included that Jenkins also advised him that she experienced a dentist’s appointment.

Jenkins’ remains and possessions were being uncovered on June 24, 2020, at a design internet site close to exactly where she was noticed past.

An inquest is now getting held to decide the result in of her demise.

Jenkins’ case caught the interest of the South Australian governing administration when a member of the legislative council, Frank Pangallo, took up the scenario on behalf of her family final yr.

Pangallo issued a statement yesterday that the South Australian Parliament is carefully monitoring the inquest.

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Uber Driver Tan Tiang Guan seen coming into the courtroom at the George City Sessions Court, March 29, 2022. — Photograph by Sayuti Zainudin

The courtroom also referred to as the fifth witness, Tan Tiang Guan, the Uber driver who picked up Jenkins on the day of her disappearance, but had to adjourn the rest of his testimony to tomorrow.

The inquest carries on tomorrow early morning.

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