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Criminal procedure [2023] SGHC 135

OW GAN WEE v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court dismissed a sentencing appeal and upheld eight years’ preventive detention for repeated theft and drug offences, finding the term was not manifestly excessive.

  • Preventive detention
  • Persistent offenders
  • Manifestly excessive test
  • Sentencing principles
  • Mandatory aftercare scheme
  • Corrective training
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Criminal law [2020] SGHC 187

PARTI LIYANI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court allowed Parti Liyani’s appeal, quashed her theft convictions, and acquitted her on all four charges after finding reasonable doubt throughout.

  • Theft by servant (s 381 penal code)
  • Theft in dwelling (s 380 penal code)
  • Chain of custody
  • Collusion and motive to fabricate
  • Admissibility and accuracy of recorded statements (s 22 cpc)
  • Browne v dunn rule
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Criminal law [2013] SGHC 190

Lai Jenn Wuu v Public Prosecutor

High Court sentence appeal for forgery and dishonest misappropriation. The court held four months' imprisonment was excessive and reduced it to two months.

  • Forgery under s465 penal code
  • Dishonest misappropriation under s403 penal code
  • Sentencing mitigation
  • Precedent analysis
  • Criminal-law
  • Forgery
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Criminal law [2012] SGHC 83

Public Prosecutor v Ali bin Bakar and another appeal

The High Court increased the sentences of twin brothers convicted of theft in dwelling, holding that their prior theft convictions and past custodial terms warranted harsher punishment.

  • Theft in dwelling
  • Common intention
  • Prior convictions
  • Consecutive sentences
  • Manifestly inadequate sentence
  • Sentencing
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Criminal law [2011] SGHC 8

Tan Chin Heng v Public Prosecutor

The High Court dismissed a criminal sentencing appeal, upholding a 30-month prison term for theft and finding the sentence was not manifestly excessive.

  • Repeat offender
  • Reform plea
  • Manifestly excessive sentence
  • Judicial discretion
  • Criminal-sentencing
  • Theft
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Criminal procedure and sentencing [2007] SGHC 188

Public Prosecutor v Yusry Shah bin Jamal

The High Court set aside a probation order for a 17-year-old robber who later shoplifted while on bail, substituting reformative training to better reflect deterrence.

  • Probation vs reformative training
  • Rehabilitation vs deterrence
  • Offending on bail as aggravating factor
  • Role of lookout in robbery
  • Statutory minima and caning
  • Probation-vs-reformative-training
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Criminal procedure [2006] SGHC 228

Navaseelan Balasingam v Public Prosecutor

The High Court revised a sentence for ATM fraud and theft, holding that the district court had underused consecutive sentences and backdating was permissible.

  • Backdating of sentence
  • Credit for period of custody
  • Totality principle
  • One-transaction rule
  • Consecutive vs concurrent sentences
  • Charges taken into consideration (s 178 cpc)
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Criminal law [2004] SGHC 18

Mustaza Bin Abdul Majid v Public Prosecutor

The High Court dismissed an appeal against conviction for theft from a supermarket, holding that the trial judge was entitled to find the appellant was stopped outside the premises and acted without consent.

  • Theft from place used for custody
  • Shoplifting
  • Consent to possession
  • Dishonest intention
  • Ingredients of offence
  • Credibility of witnesses
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Criminal law [2003] SGHC 249

Poh Sai v Public Prosecutor

The High Court dismissed an appeal against conviction for theft under s 380 Penal Code, finding the evidence supported an inference of intent to steal.

  • Mens rea
  • Shoplifting
  • Weight of evidence
  • Line of perceived demarcation
  • Sentence
  • Criminal-law
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Criminal law [2002] SGHC 143

Senthamel Selve d/o Ramanathan v Public Prosecutor

The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal, upholding a conviction under section 380 of the Penal Code for theft in a building used for custody of property.

  • Theft in a building used for the custody of property
  • Section 380 penal code
  • Credibility assessment
  • Standard of appellate review
  • Criminal-law
  • Theft
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