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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 98

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Hossain Mohammad Azim

The court sentenced the accused for aggravated sexual assault, criminal intimidation, and perverting the course of justice, applying the Pram Nair framework and ordering a global sentence of 12 years 10 months and 12 strokes.

  • Aggravated sexual assault by penetration
  • Criminal intimidation
  • Perverting the course of justice
  • Caning
  • Totality principle
  • Guilty plea reduction
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Tort [2026] SGHC 63

CHUA JUN YANG v KANG MAY TENG, MARIA OLIVIA

The High Court allowed an appeal in a battery claim arising from alleged sexual digital penetration, finding the evidence did not prove the assault on balance of probabilities.

  • Assault and battery
  • Digital penetration
  • Corroboration
  • Standard of proof
  • Credibility of witnesses
  • Delay in reporting
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 51

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Hossain Mohammad Azim

High Court conviction for aggravated sexual assault by penetration, criminal intimidation and perverting the course of justice, with complainant credibility and corroboration upheld.

  • Aggravated sexual assault by penetration
  • Criminal intimidation
  • Perverting the course of justice
  • Corroboration of complainant testimony
  • Consent
  • Medical evidence on sexual assault
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 265

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Albao Shiela Marie Ibales

The High Court sentenced the second accused to 22 years’ imprisonment for abetting rape, setting a 15-year starting point per charge and adding one year in lieu of caning.

  • Rape
  • Abetment
  • Caning substitution
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Aggravating and mitigating factors
  • Plea discount
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 264

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v KOH LEE HWA

The High Court convicted Koh Lee Hwa of outrage of modesty, rape, and sexual assault by penetration, rejecting his consent defence and imposing 12 years and three weeks' imprisonment plus 13 strokes.

  • Rape
  • Sexual assault by penetration
  • Outrage of modesty
  • Consent
  • Corroboration
  • Sentencing frameworks
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 249

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Lev Panfilov

The High Court convicted Lev Panfilov of outrage of modesty, sexual assault by penetration, and two rape charges, rejecting his consent defence and imposing 11 years 6 months’ imprisonment and 12 strokes.

  • Rape
  • Sexual assault by penetration
  • Outrage of modesty
  • Consent
  • Credibility assessment
  • Totality principle
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 231

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Fok Jin Jin Dhanabalan

The High Court sentenced the accused for rape, finding six aggravating factors and adopting a Band 2 starting point of 15 years and 12 strokes.

  • Rape
  • Sentencing
  • Aggravating factors
  • Victim vulnerability
  • Compensation order
  • Caning
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 219

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Fok Jin Jin Dhanabalan

The High Court convicted the accused of rape, finding the complainant lacked capacity to consent due to intoxication and did not in fact consent.

  • Rape
  • Consent
  • Capacity to consent
  • Intoxication and bac evidence
  • Witness credibility and corroboration
  • Audio/cctv evidence
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Criminal law [2025] SGHC 140

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v DGH & Anor

Trial judgment convicting two accused persons of multiple sexual offences, intimate image possession, and obstructing justice arising from events in a Singapore hotel room.

  • Consent
  • Capacity to consent
  • Alcohol‑induced blackout/greyout
  • Witness credibility and 'unusually convincing' standard
  • Admissions (vri)
  • Forensic evidence
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Criminal procedure and sentencing [2025] SGHC 130

ISMAIL BIN JAMALUDIN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court dismissed a sentence appeal for aggravated outrage of modesty, upholding five years’ imprisonment and six strokes of the cane despite challenges to sentencing bands and plea discount.

  • Sentencing
  • Guilty plea discount
  • Aggravated outrage of modesty (s 354(2) penal code)
  • Appeal standard for manifest excess
  • Guilty-plea-discount
  • Aggravated-outrage-of-modesty
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