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Tampines mum who pushed autistic son out of the window jailed 5 years The boy died from multiple injuries from the fall. Photo: The Straits Times, Social Media Friday, Mar 18, 2016 SINGAPORE - A Singaporean woman who was charged with murder after pushing her autistic seven-year-old son out...

1-year ban for doctor for selling cough syrup to thugs Ng Huiwen Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016 AN 82-YEAR-OLD doctor has been suspended for a year and fined $10,000 for supplying cough syrup to three Malaysian gangsters who were not his patients. Benny Cheng Shao Lin had sold the equivalent of...

Man gets 9-and-a-half years' jail, caning for killing Vietnamese girlfriend in Ang Mo Kio flat Jackson Lim Hou Peng (centre), flanked by police officers. He was arrested for the murder of a Vietnamese woman, Tran Cam Ny on Nov 20, 2014. PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER Published Mar 14, 2016, 11:40 am...

Food deliveryman who 'lost count' of times he molested stepdaughter faces jail and caning The 42-year-old pleaded guilty to three charges of molesting a minor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFhIlDU_jkk Published 6 hours ago Amir Hussain SINGAPORE - A 42-year-old food deliveryman who told...

Police appeal for information on man to assist with investigation into cheating cases The police are looking for a man (above), believed to be about 30 years old, to assist with investigations into a series of cheating cases.PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE Published 7 hours ago Jalelah Abu...

34-year-old man arrested for house breaking and vehicle theft in Woodlands If convicted of house breaking and theft by night, the suspect could face a jail sentence of up to 14 years and a fine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZsZC5f4F8U Published 4 hours ago Sanjay Nair SINGAPORE - A...

Parity in sentencing 'vital to protect public confidence' https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NykRi8gikWU Published Mar 2, 2016, 5:00 am SGT CJ allows appeal by appellant who received tougher sentence than co-offender K.C. Vijayan Senior Law Correspondent Chief...

Driver who negligently caused pedestrian's death fined $8k, banned from driving for 8years Published 2 hours ago Amir Hussain SINGAPORE - A 68-year-old driver who was parking her car mistakenly stepped on the accelerator pedal instead of the brake pedal, and crashed into a 65-year-old...

Kidnapping in Penang: Three charged with extortion (From left) Benjamin Ling Jialiang, Fong Ling Ling and Judy Wee Aye Fong, three of four suspects arrested in Singapore on Wednesday, were yesterday charged in court with trying to extort US$250,000 from Ms Crystal Lim Chew Kwan by threatening...

Man sentenced to 6 months' jail for insulting modesty of women and theft Jaymeson Low Tze Wee, 23, admitted to seven charges - five of insulting the modesty of a woman and one each of theft and mischief. Published 10 hours ago Elena Chong Court Correspondent SINGAPORE - A man who took...

Teen who punched and robbed engineer in Geylang sentenced to reformative training Alson Chew Guozhi pleaded guilty to a charge of using criminal force to commit theft and a count of committing robbery at night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE4_1M6i_mw Published 10 hours ago Amir Hussain...

He served well, says Chow's father Chow was sentenced to 11/2 months jail for evading national service for six years.PHOTO: INSTAGRAM Published Feb 14, 2016, 5:00 am SGT The father of Brian Joseph Chow says he is "very disappointed" by the High Court's decision on Thursday to send his son...

NS dodger gets 1½ months' jail after appeal by prosecution Brian Joseph Chow evaded enlistment for more than six years and was jailed for 1 1/2 months on Thursday (Feb 11) Published Feb 11, 2016, 10:50 am SGT Selina Lum SINGAPORE - A 25-year-old man with attention deficit disorder who left...

Former vice-principal of childcare centre fined $10,000 for criminal breach of trust Former childcare centre vice-principal Nuruljannah Ahmad was fined $10,000 on Friday (Feb 5) for criminal breach of trust. ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW Published Feb 5, 2016, 2:11 pm SGT Elena Chong Court...

Drunken student who punched boy and pushed station manager given 16 months' probation Vinodh Kumar Mathyalakan pleaded guilty to a charge of causing hurt and one of using criminal force. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6RXdVIatjI Published 8 hours ago Amir Hussain SINGAPORE - A polytechnic...

Man found guilty of raping girl, 12; sexually-charged texts show intent Lee Seow Peng (right) used Lucifer as his moniker. Photo: The New Paper Ronald Loh Saturday, Jan 30, 2016 A crane operator was found guilty yesterday of raping a 12-year-old girl, just three days after meeting her...

15 arrested for loansharking activities In the first operation, at least $13,870 worth of cash, mobile phones, a laptop, a thumb drive, Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards, Internet banking dongles and bank transaction slips were seized as case exhibits. Photo: Singapore Police Force...

Man jailed for taking video of 15-year-old in changing room Seow Bei Yi Sunday, Jan 24, 2016 A 15-year-old shopper was planning to show a new sari to her sister when she took a video of herself in a clothing store's changing room. But the video revealed more - that a camera was watching her...

Former NTUC chairman and ex-MP Phey Yew Kok sentenced to 60 months' jail Ex-MP Phey Yew Kok, now 81. Ex-MP Phey Yew Kok, now 81.PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE Published Jan 22, 2016, 10:50 am SGT Seow Bei Yi SINGAPORE - Former NTUC chairman and ex-MP Phey Yew Kok, 81, was sentenced to 60...

24-year-old arrested for alleged theft of $900,000 in casino chips from MBS Wednesday, Jan 20, 2016 SINGAPORE - A 24-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly stole casino chips and cash worth over $900,000 from the Marina Bay Sands casino. In a statement on Wednesday (Jan 20), the...