Spottiswoode condo killer litter: Man charged with ‘religiously aggravated’ act
By LOUISA TANG
Published 05 DECEMBER, 2019
UPDATED 05 DECEMBER, 2019
SINGAPORE — A man who was hauled to court for throwing killer litter in August was handed one more charge on Thursday (Dec 5) that describes his act as a “religiously aggravated” one.
Australian national Andrew Gosling, 47, has now been charged with voluntarily causing hurt by means of an instrument — a glass wine bottle that he threw from the seventh floor lift landing of the Spottiswoode 18 condominium towards a table near the barbecue area on the fifth floor on Aug 18.
According to court documents, the bottle struck a woman named Ms Manisah while she was at the table, causing bruises to her right shoulder, and that this act was “religiously aggravated”.
No other details were given.
Court documents showed that such an act happens if an offender demonstrates hostility towards the victim — at the time, immediately before or after committing the offence — based on the victim’s religion.
The offence could also be partly or fully motivated by hostility towards “members of a racial or religious group based on their membership of that group”.
Read also: Killer litter at Outram condo: Man charged with causing death of 73-year-old by rash act
Initially, Gosling had been charged with causing the death of 73-year-old Nasiari Suree by a rash act for the same incident.
This charge was later upgraded to a more serious one of causing grievous hurt with an instrument likely to cause death.
The wine bottle that Gosling had allegedly thrown had struck Nasiari, a delivery man and grandfather of nine, on the head. Nasiari was taken unconscious to the Singapore General Hospital, where he died from his head injuries the next morning.
According to media reports, Nasiari was at a relative’s housewarming party that fateful evening. He was about to eat when the bottle struck him on the head.
Gosling, who worked in the IT industry, remains in remand and will return to court on Jan 2.
If convicted of causing hurt by a weapon in a religiously aggravated act, he could be liable to one-and-a-half times more of the punishment for the offence.
This means he could be jailed for up to 10-and-a-half years, fined, caned, or any combination of the three.
If convicted of causing grievous hurt by a weapon likely to cause death, he could be jailed up to 15 years, and fined or caned.
By LOUISA TANG
Published 05 DECEMBER, 2019
UPDATED 05 DECEMBER, 2019
SINGAPORE — A man who was hauled to court for throwing killer litter in August was handed one more charge on Thursday (Dec 5) that describes his act as a “religiously aggravated” one.
Australian national Andrew Gosling, 47, has now been charged with voluntarily causing hurt by means of an instrument — a glass wine bottle that he threw from the seventh floor lift landing of the Spottiswoode 18 condominium towards a table near the barbecue area on the fifth floor on Aug 18.
According to court documents, the bottle struck a woman named Ms Manisah while she was at the table, causing bruises to her right shoulder, and that this act was “religiously aggravated”.
No other details were given.
Court documents showed that such an act happens if an offender demonstrates hostility towards the victim — at the time, immediately before or after committing the offence — based on the victim’s religion.
The offence could also be partly or fully motivated by hostility towards “members of a racial or religious group based on their membership of that group”.
Read also: Killer litter at Outram condo: Man charged with causing death of 73-year-old by rash act
Initially, Gosling had been charged with causing the death of 73-year-old Nasiari Suree by a rash act for the same incident.
This charge was later upgraded to a more serious one of causing grievous hurt with an instrument likely to cause death.
The wine bottle that Gosling had allegedly thrown had struck Nasiari, a delivery man and grandfather of nine, on the head. Nasiari was taken unconscious to the Singapore General Hospital, where he died from his head injuries the next morning.
According to media reports, Nasiari was at a relative’s housewarming party that fateful evening. He was about to eat when the bottle struck him on the head.
Gosling, who worked in the IT industry, remains in remand and will return to court on Jan 2.
If convicted of causing hurt by a weapon in a religiously aggravated act, he could be liable to one-and-a-half times more of the punishment for the offence.
This means he could be jailed for up to 10-and-a-half years, fined, caned, or any combination of the three.
If convicted of causing grievous hurt by a weapon likely to cause death, he could be jailed up to 15 years, and fined or caned.
But must credit him for his superb aiming from 7th floors up. In this instance AMDK is the best!
