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Today: Schizophrenic man who killed elderly father acquitted of murder but to be kept in safe custody
SINGAPORE — A man suffering from a psychotic attack when he killed his 75-year-old father in their Bedok North flat was found to have...
ST: TOC defamation trial: Statements repeated claims from PM Lee’s siblings ‘in good faith’, says defence
SINGAPORE - The Online Citizen (TOC) contributor Daniel De Costa was acting in good faith when he made allegedly defamatory statements,...
Today: The Online Citizen editor, article author go on trial for defaming Cabinet with corruption allegations
SINGAPORE — On the first day of a criminal defamation trial involving socio-political website The Online Citizen (TOC), the court heard...
ST: Chief Justice grants leave to probe DPPs for misconduct in former maid Parti Liyani case
SINGAPORE - The Chief Justice has given the go-ahead for investigations into two Deputy Public Prosecutors to commence, following a...
Today: Man on trial for murdering elderly father had schizophrenia, choked him in front of paramedics
SINGAPORE — When paramedics arrived at a Bedok North flat in 2015, they found 75-year-old Tan Ah Hin on the ground with a slow and weak...
ST: Coronavirus: Singapore courts to resume hearings for most cases on June 8
SINGAPORE - The courts are set to resume hearings for most cases from June 8 - a week after Singapore exits the circuit breaker period -...
Criminal Liability of Impossible Attempts: Impossible is Not Nothing
In Han Fang Guan v Public Prosecutor [2020] SGCA 11, the Court of Appeal overturned Han’s conviction and death sentence on a capital...
New Frontiers – Case Update Nabill
In the recent decision in Muhammad Nabill bin Mohd Fuad v Public Prosecutor [2020] SGCA 25, the Court of Appeal allowed the Appellant’s...
Amendments to the Road Traffic Act – Practice Update
The latest amendments to the Road Traffic Act (Chapter 276, Revised Edition 2004) (“RTA”) came into effect on 1st November 2019. The...