Cabby gets 20 years' jail for dousing girlfriend with petrol and setting her on fire

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Cabby gets 20 years' jail for dousing girlfriend with petrol and setting her on fire

Ian Poh
The Straits Times
Monday, Jan 27, 2014

A 45-year-old cabby, who killed his former girlfriend by dousing her with petrol and setting her alight after she refused to get back together, was on Monday sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Get the full story from The Straits Times.

Man charged for setting ex-girlfriend on fire in Sengkang

AsiaOne
Sunday, May 27, 2012

SINGAPORE - A 43-year-old woman suffered first degree burns to more than 80 per cent of her body when her former lover allegedly set her on fire on Friday morning.

Lim Ghim Peow, 44, is being charged with the death of Ms Mary Yoong Mei Ling, 43, at her uncle's home in Sengkang.
According to The Straits Times, the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force received a call for help at about 8.30am Friday.

When they arrived at the scene at Block 206B, Compassvale Lane, the blaze had been put out but three people had been injured : Ms Yoong, her cousin Phua Duan Kai, 32, and Lim.

Neighbours reported seeing the man earlier outside the family's flat on the 14th floor splashing kerosene on the door.

One neighbour, Mr Guo, 47, told The New Paper that he was woken up by loud shouting, and saw flames coming out from the neighbouring unit.

A man was standing ouside shouting: "My wife is inside!"

 

[hokkien]

Re: Cabby gets 20 years' jail for dousing girlfriend with petrol and setting her on f

Just a women why get into trouble?

 

[lianbeng]

Re: Cabby gets 20 years' jail for dousing girlfriend with petrol and setting her on f

Just a women why get into trouble?

lianbeng replies hokkien: bro, why u so chek-ak? see lah, now u will spend 20 years behind iron bars liao lah! lucky never kana hanged ah!

 

[LeMans2011]

Re: Cabby gets 20 years' jail for dousing girlfriend with petrol and setting her on f

Walaneh... 40+ liao still no self control... destroy his own life for a laokwaybu

 

[hokkien]

Re: Cabby gets 20 years' jail for dousing girlfriend with petrol and setting her on f

lianbeng replies hokkien: bro, why u so chek-ak? see lah, now u will spend 20 years behind iron bars liao lah! lucky never kana hanged ah!

Bro if I masuk I sure pull you in

 

[hokkien]

Re: Cabby gets 20 years' jail for dousing girlfriend with petrol and setting her on f

Walaneh... 40+ liao still no self control... destroy his own life for a laokwaybu

Bro maybe she is his first gf

 

[lianbeng]

Re: Cabby gets 20 years' jail for dousing girlfriend with petrol and setting her on f

Bro maybe she is his first gf

lianbeng replies hokkien: after squeezing him dry of his sperm n money liao lao charbor wana run away how can? sei ler! die lah!

 

[Barugo]

Re: Cabby gets 20 years' jail for dousing girlfriend with petrol and setting her on f

Just a women why get into trouble?

女人是麻烦, and it's always the case for many men.

 

[lianbeng]

Re: Cabby gets 20 years' jail for dousing girlfriend with petrol and setting her on f

lianbeng replies to thread: 自古红颜多祸水！

 

[GoldenPeriod]

Re: Cabby gets 20 years' jail for dousing girlfriend with petrol and setting her on f

how come not considered murder?

 

[blindswordsman]

Re: Cabby gets 20 years' jail for dousing girlfriend with petrol and setting her on f

how come not considered murder?

The laws are not applied fairly. When a crime is committed with intention to kill, such as setting fire to the flat, and someone is indeed killed as a result of the fire, then it is murder. Why was the guy not sentenced to death? He should be hanged to deter others from committing the same crime. It is not even a life imprisonment but only 20 years and one third remission of his sentence. Now, does it mean that setting fire to kill someone in sinkie land is no longer a capital offence?