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 Town Sessions Court docket, March 29, 2022. — Image by Sayuti Zainudin

GEORGE City, March 29 — Australian Annapuranee Jenkins still left the dental clinic on the working day she went lacking in an e-hailing trip booked by the clinic’s nurse, the Coroner’s Court docket here listened to today.

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

“She had a cell cellphone with her, but she did not have the Uber application, so I helped to ebook an Uber ride for her applying my mobile phone,” she told the inquest into Jenkins’ dying, which was presided over by Coroner Norsalha Hamzah now.

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

Lim said Jenkins’ dentures had still to get there at the time, so she only experienced fillings finished on that day, according to her dental information.

“After the course of action, she requested me to support her get an Uber experience and established the desired destination for a dwelling named Very little Sisters of the Inadequate,” she stated throughout questioning by Penang state prosecution workplace director Datuk Khairul Annuar Abd Halim.

She claimed she set the payment for Jenkins to spend the driver in funds the moment she arrived at her location.

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

When asked if she knew irrespective of whether Jenkins arrived at her meant desired destination, Lim explained she did not.

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

She said she only located out Jenkins went lacking the adhering to day, when her son, Gregory Jenkins, termed the clinic to question if his mother experienced built it to her dental appointment.

Earlier, Lim said Jenkins’ appointment was at 11.30am on that day.

She stated Jenkins experienced been a individual at the clinic considering the fact that 2012, and in December 2017, she experienced been to the clinic 2 times prior to December 13.

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

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

“It was only a typical filling method, so she was not given any anaesthetics,” she explained.

Lim also agreed to search for the Uber receipt of the trip she requested for Jenkins in her email and post it to the Coroner’s Court docket at the request of counsel S Raveentharan, who is conducting a seeing short on behalf of the Jenkins relatives.

Jenkins was reported lacking on December 13 in 2017.

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

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

Previously nowadays, the third witness in the inquest, V Thiruarasan, who labored at Jen Resort, confirmed that Jenkins had issues hoping to get an e-hailing trip on her cellular telephone at around 2pm.

“She was possessing challenges, so I offered to assist, but it was not operating at the time, so she determined to get a taxi,” he mentioned.

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

Jenkins’ remains and belongings ended up discovered on June 24, 2020, at a building web site close to the place she was found past.

An inquest is now currently being held to establish the induce of her dying.

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

Pangallo issued a assertion yesterday that the South Australian Parliament is intently checking the inquest.

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Uber Driver Tan Tiang Guan observed moving into the courtroom at the George Town Periods Court, March 29, 2022. — Image by Sayuti Zainudin

The courtroom also named 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 continues tomorrow morning.

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