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The Court of Appeal held that no additional imprisonment could be imposed in lieu of caning where the offender was already sentenced to preventive detention.
The High Court upheld Toh Lam Seng’s conviction for outrage of modesty and replaced five years’ corrective training with seven years’ preventive detention.
The High Court remitted caning without imposing imprisonment in lieu, holding that additional custody was unnecessary and ineffective given the offender’s existing lengthy preventive detention.
The High Court allowed the Prosecution’s appeal and increased the respondent’s corrective training sentence from six to nine years for a sexual offence against a seven-year-old child.
The High Court convicted Mark Kalaivanan of four offences including aggravated sexual assault and imposed 18 years’ preventive detention and 12 strokes of the cane.
The High Court upheld preventive detention for a habitual offender but held that, under s 318 CPC, the sentence could be backdated and should run from arrest.
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.
The High Court upheld ten years’ preventive detention for a repeat violent offender, finding a high recidivism risk, limited protective factors, and no sufficient medical mitigation.
The High Court dismissed a sentencing appeal and upheld nine years’ preventive detention for a repeat snatch thief, finding public protection required it.
The Court of Appeal refused an extension of time to seek a criminal reference, holding the proposed questions did not arise below and the application was abusive.
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