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, 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 missing in an e-hailing trip booked by the clinic’s nurse, the Coroner’s Courtroom here read these days.

The nurse/receptionist, Lim Cheng Wooi, stated she served the pensioner guide a trip with e-hailing assistance, Uber.

“She had a cellular cellular phone with her, but she did not have the Uber app, so I aided to e-book an Uber ride for her working with my cell phone,” she told the inquest into Jenkins’ loss of life, which was presided more than by Coroner Norsalha Hamzah today.

She reported Jenkins had gone 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 get there at the time, so she only experienced fillings finished on that day, according to her dental documents.

“After the technique, she asked me to assist her get an Uber experience and set the spot for a house identified as Small Sisters of the Very poor,” she claimed through questioning by Penang state prosecution workplace director Datuk Khairul Annuar Abd Halim.

She claimed she established the payment for Jenkins to spend the driver in money as soon as she arrived at her destination.

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

When questioned if she knew whether Jenkins reached her meant destination, Lim stated she didn’t.

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

She reported she only uncovered out Jenkins went missing the pursuing working day, when her son, Gregory Jenkins, called the clinic to request if his mom had produced it to her dental appointment.

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

She stated Jenkins experienced been a client at the clinic because 2012, and in December 2017, she had been to the clinic twice 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 stated.

She claimed the dental process Jenkins experienced lasted about 30 minutes.

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

Lim also agreed to search for the Uber receipt of the ride she requested for Jenkins in her email and submit it to the Coroner’s Courtroom at the ask for of counsel S Raveentharan, who is conducting a looking at temporary on behalf of the Jenkins household.

Jenkins was documented missing on December 13 in 2017.

A CCTV recording from Jen Lodge, exactly where she was remaining, confirmed that she left the premises at about 2.42pm in a taxi.

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The 3rd witness in the inquest, V Thiruarasan, who worked at Jen Hotel, at the George City Classes Courtroom, March 29, 2022. — Photo by Sayuti Zainudin

Before today, the 3rd witness in the inquest, V Thiruarasan, who worked at Jen Hotel, confirmed that Jenkins experienced difficulty making an attempt to get an e-hailing experience on her cell cell phone at close to 2pm.

“She was possessing problems, so I supplied to aid, but it was not doing the job at the time, so she made a decision to get a taxi,” he said.

He extra that Jenkins also explained to him that she had a dentist’s appointment.

Jenkins’ stays and belongings have been found on June 24, 2020, at a development site around in which she was found previous.

An inquest is now becoming held to figure out the trigger of her death.

Jenkins’ scenario caught the focus of the South Australian authorities when a member of the legislative council, Frank Pangallo, took up the circumstance on behalf of her family members previous yr.

Pangallo issued a assertion yesterday that the South Australian Parliament is closely monitoring the inquest.

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Uber Driver Tan Tiang Guan noticed coming into the courtroom at the George Town Sessions Court docket, March 29, 2022. — Image by Sayuti Zainudin

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

The inquest carries on tomorrow early morning.

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