Killer spared the gallows as factors weighed in his favour: Judge

Supreme Court of Singapore. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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In 2016, a rag-and-bone man knifed a coffee shop helper to death while they were fighting.

In February this year, High Court Judge Aedit Abdullah found Toh Sia Guan, now 68, guilty of murder under Section 300(c) of the Penal Code. The punishment was either death or life imprisonment.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 15, 2020, with the headline Killer spared the gallows as factors weighed in his favour: Judge. Subscribe