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The Court of Appeal allowed the Prosecution’s appeal. It held that rehabilitation had been displaced and substituted eight years’ imprisonment and three strokes of the cane.
The High Court allowed the Prosecution’s sentence appeal, set aside reformative training, and imposed nine years and ten months’ imprisonment plus six strokes.
A young offender convicted of rape was sentenced to reformative training. The High Court held rehabilitation remained dominant, with deterrence met by a 12-month minimum detention period.
The High Court dismissed a youth offender’s appeal against 24 months’ detention in a Juvenile Rehabilitation Centre, finding the probation and psychiatric reports adequate.
The High Court upheld a 21-month Singapore Girl’s Home detention order for a 14-year-old offender, finding rehabilitation required a structured environment after failed community interventions.
The High Court allowed a young offender’s sentence appeal, replacing reformative training with a tailored probation order after finding rehabilitation remained realistic.
The Court of Appeal dismissed a young offender’s sentence appeal, holding that rehabilitation had been displaced by the seriousness of rape and robbery, so reformative training was unavailable.
Singapore Court of Appeal upheld reformative training for a 14-year-old offender with intellectual disability, holding s 83 Penal Code applies only to chronological age.
The High Court set aside reformative training for a young rioter and ordered 21 months' split probation, holding rehabilitation still prevailed over deterrence.
The High Court held that a young offender with mild intellectual disability could still be sentenced to reformative training for aggravated rape and sexual assault by penetration.
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