<header style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, 'DejaVu Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 23.999998092651367px;">Inmate sentenced to additional 10-year imprisonment for assaulting senior prisons officer
SINGAPORE — An inmate whose 12-year imprisonment term is set to end next year has been given another 10 years’ jail for attacking a senior prisons officer.</header>BY -
APRIL 8
SINGAPORE — An inmate whose 12-year imprisonment term is set to end next year has been given another 10 years’ jail for attacking a senior prisons officer.
Sociago Kennard, 53, had punched and repeatedly stabbed Assistant Superintendent Jaiy Santosh Annanthan, 26, with a pair of scissors at an office in Changi Prison on June 26 last year.
The court heard ASP Jaiy underwent emergency surgery following the incident.
ASP Jaiy, who said he feels the effects of the attack to this day, still experiences dizzy spells and breathing difficulties when he tries to exercise.
The prosecutors had originally called for a 12-year jail sentence based on Kennard’s previous criminal records — which included armed robbery and violence — as well as his risk of re-offending.
The court also heard Kennard has a 49 to 60 per cent chance of re-offending, based on a psychiatric report.
Kennard’s defence lawyer, however, described the 12-year sentence as “draconian”, and urged the court to consider that Kennard had only committed one offence during his 12 years in Changi Prison.
District Judge Low Wee Ping said that, in deciding Kennard’s sentence, he was focusing on the public’s interest.
He added that the risk of Kennard’s re-offending, especially in cases related to violence, is worrying.
Kennard, who faced a maximum penalty of a 15-year jail term and caning, was spared from the latter as he is above the age of 50.
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SINGAPORE — An inmate whose 12-year imprisonment term is set to end next year has been given another 10 years’ jail for attacking a senior prisons officer.</header>BY -
APRIL 8
SINGAPORE — An inmate whose 12-year imprisonment term is set to end next year has been given another 10 years’ jail for attacking a senior prisons officer.
Sociago Kennard, 53, had punched and repeatedly stabbed Assistant Superintendent Jaiy Santosh Annanthan, 26, with a pair of scissors at an office in Changi Prison on June 26 last year.
The court heard ASP Jaiy underwent emergency surgery following the incident.
ASP Jaiy, who said he feels the effects of the attack to this day, still experiences dizzy spells and breathing difficulties when he tries to exercise.
The prosecutors had originally called for a 12-year jail sentence based on Kennard’s previous criminal records — which included armed robbery and violence — as well as his risk of re-offending.
The court also heard Kennard has a 49 to 60 per cent chance of re-offending, based on a psychiatric report.
Kennard’s defence lawyer, however, described the 12-year sentence as “draconian”, and urged the court to consider that Kennard had only committed one offence during his 12 years in Changi Prison.
District Judge Low Wee Ping said that, in deciding Kennard’s sentence, he was focusing on the public’s interest.
He added that the risk of Kennard’s re-offending, especially in cases related to violence, is worrying.
Kennard, who faced a maximum penalty of a 15-year jail term and caning, was spared from the latter as he is above the age of 50.
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