Singapore
Apr 1, 2010
Housewife's probation extended
<!-- by line --> By Selina Lum
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A HOUSEWIFE with an uncontrollable impulse to steal was in and out of prison for 15 years until March 2008. That was when she stole three watches and found herself before Justice V.K. Rajah, who overturned the nine-month jail term she had been given and put her on probation for 18 months. But the Chinese national, who is married to a Singaporean, stole yet again while on probation - this time, groceries worth all of $7.90 from a supermarket. Once again, she found herself in Justice Rajah's court - as is the requirement when an offender breaches a probation order. And once again, he has deemed probation the way to go for a kleptomaniac like her: He extended her probation by another 18 months, effective on Thursday.
She could have been jailed up to seven years and fined for theft.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
Apr 1, 2010
Housewife's probation extended
<!-- by line --> By Selina Lum
<!-- end by line -->
<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A HOUSEWIFE with an uncontrollable impulse to steal was in and out of prison for 15 years until March 2008. That was when she stole three watches and found herself before Justice V.K. Rajah, who overturned the nine-month jail term she had been given and put her on probation for 18 months. But the Chinese national, who is married to a Singaporean, stole yet again while on probation - this time, groceries worth all of $7.90 from a supermarket. Once again, she found herself in Justice Rajah's court - as is the requirement when an offender breaches a probation order. And once again, he has deemed probation the way to go for a kleptomaniac like her: He extended her probation by another 18 months, effective on Thursday.
She could have been jailed up to seven years and fined for theft.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
