Sam Ke Ting has cleared the first hurdle to appeal against her six-year jail sentence and RM6,000 fine for reckless driving that killed eight teen cyclists in Johor.<br /><br />The clerk also gets to stay out of custody pending the disposal of her appeal.<br /><br />A three-person Court of Appeal bench unanimously allowed the 27-year-old’s leave to appeal during open-court proceedings this morning.<br /><br />The court - presided by judge P Ravindran along with Lee Heng Cheong and Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali - will later set a hearing date to hear the merits of her appeal.<br /><br />The bench also allowed her to stay the jail sentence and fine pending appeal.
