Public Prosecutor v Ilechukwu Uchechukwu Chukwudi
[2015] SGCA 33 | Decision Date: 29 Jun 201
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22 Further, the Prosecution also submits that the Judge had erred in the following respects: (a) It is not plausible that the Respondent was a bona fide business man given his inability to account satisfactorily for his highly suspicious travel plans, ie, his coming to Singapore without a plan or contact, and making a hotel booking for only one night;
(b) The Judge has failed to accord sufficient weight to the suspicious circumstances surrounding the Respondent’s travel to Singapore, and some extraordinary circumstances, including: (i) the numerous suspicious texts received by the Respondent on his arrival at Changi Airport, and
(ii) the fact that the Respondent was taking directions from Nigerian parties as to his movements, as shown by mobile phone records.
(c) The Judge erred in finding that the following facts are indicative of a lack of knowledge of the Drugs in the Black Luggage: (i) the Respondent’s decision to board Hamidah’s car and accept her offer to buy him a meal even though Hamidah’s evidence was that he behaved nervously and suspiciously;
(ii) the fact that the Respondent proceeded to collect the Black Luggage at Changi Airport instead of simply walking away after being delayed at Immigration; and
(iii) The Respondent’s leaving of the Black Luggage at the lobby of Hotel 81 for 12 minutes while he went out of the hotel to change money.
Did Judge Jasvender Kaur make a mistake in trying to please the Lee Family?
[2015] SGCA 33 | Decision Date: 29 Jun 201
http://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/slw/judgments.html
22 Further, the Prosecution also submits that the Judge had erred in the following respects: (a) It is not plausible that the Respondent was a bona fide business man given his inability to account satisfactorily for his highly suspicious travel plans, ie, his coming to Singapore without a plan or contact, and making a hotel booking for only one night;
(b) The Judge has failed to accord sufficient weight to the suspicious circumstances surrounding the Respondent’s travel to Singapore, and some extraordinary circumstances, including: (i) the numerous suspicious texts received by the Respondent on his arrival at Changi Airport, and
(ii) the fact that the Respondent was taking directions from Nigerian parties as to his movements, as shown by mobile phone records.
(c) The Judge erred in finding that the following facts are indicative of a lack of knowledge of the Drugs in the Black Luggage: (i) the Respondent’s decision to board Hamidah’s car and accept her offer to buy him a meal even though Hamidah’s evidence was that he behaved nervously and suspiciously;
(ii) the fact that the Respondent proceeded to collect the Black Luggage at Changi Airport instead of simply walking away after being delayed at Immigration; and
(iii) The Respondent’s leaving of the Black Luggage at the lobby of Hotel 81 for 12 minutes while he went out of the hotel to change money.
Did Judge Jasvender Kaur make a mistake in trying to please the Lee Family?
