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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.
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.
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 Court of Appeal dismissed a criminal appeal and a related motion to adduce fresh evidence, affirming convictions for sexual assault and obstruction of justice.
The court found the Accused's VRI and cautioned statements voluntary (no inducement, threat or promise proved; late, inconsistent allegations about police conduct warranted adverse inference), those admissions corroborated the Complainant's testimony on seven incidents, the 6th Charge lacked independent corroboration and failed the "unusually convincing" threshold and was therefore acquitted, and sentencing followed Terence Ng and Pram Nair frameworks with calibration for offender-specific lack of remorse and adjustment under the totality principle yielding an aggregate sentence of 25 years'…
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The High Court sentenced a 22-year-old offender to 12.5 years’ imprisonment and 12 strokes for rape, finding deterrence and retribution displaced rehabilitation.
The High Court sentenced Ng Soon Kiat for methamphetamine trafficking, rioting and drink driving, imposing 14 years 6 months’ imprisonment, 13 cane strokes, a $6,000 fine and licence disqualification.
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 applied a modified Sentencing Guidelines framework to a cannabis importation plea, capping the stage-1 discount at 10% and imposing 24 years' imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane.
The High Court dismissed a sentence appeal arising from drug and weapons offences, holding that the individual and aggregate sentences were not manifestly excessive.
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