Public Prosecutor v Lim Poh Lye and Another
Jurisdiction | Singapore |
Judgment Date | 24 January 2005 |
Date | 24 January 2005 |
Docket Number | Criminal Case No 35 of 2004 |
Court | High Court (Singapore) |
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7 cases
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Daniel Vijay s/o Katherasan v PP
...bin Masod and another v Public Prosecutor [1993] 3 SLR(R) 438 (“Ibrahim (CA)”); and Public Prosecutor v Lim Poh Lye and another [2005] 2 SLR(R) 130 (“Lim Poh Lye (HC)”), which was reversed in Lim Poh Lye (CA). In Ibrahim (HC), the two accused (“Ibrahim” and “Liow”) kidnapped the deceased an......
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Public Prosecutor v Lim Poh Lye and Another
...cause so long as the physical injury caused was intended. Tan Chee Hwee v PP 26 At the outset, the trial judge stated (PP v Lim Poh Lye [2005] 2 SLR 130 at From Dr Tan we know that the injury known as “Stab Wound No 2” was sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death. The pers......
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PP v Hirris anak Martin
...robbery, the accomplice struck the victim’s head with a long pole which led to his death. Public Prosecutor v Lim Poh Lye and another [2005] 2 SLR(R) 130 20 years’ imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane (for first accused) 15 years’ imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane (for second accus......
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Daniel Vijay s/o Katherasan and others v Public Prosecutor
...bin Masod and another v Public Prosecutor [1993] 3 SLR(R) 438 (“Ibrahim (CA)”); and Public Prosecutor v Lim Poh Lye and another [2005] 2 SLR(R) 130 (“Lim Poh Lye (HC)”), which was reversed in Lim Poh Lye (CA). In Ibrahim (HC), the two accused (“Ibrahim” and “Liow”) kidnapped the deceased an......
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5 books & journal articles
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Criminal Law
...the same fate as other efforts to limit the scope of s 300(c) (see, eg, the High Court decision of Public Prosecutor v Lim Poh Lye [2005] 2 SLR(R) 130). Making a false claim before a court of justice 12.83 In Bachoo Mohan Singh (above, para 12.44), the Court of Appeal heard a criminal refer......
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Criminal Procedure, Evidence and Sentencing
...At the close of the trial, the High Court convicted them under the lesser charge of robbery with hurt (s 394 of the Penal Code) (see [2005] 2 SLR 130). On appeal by the Prosecution (Criminal Appeal No 2 of 2005), they were convicted by the Court of Appeal of the original murder charges and ......
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MANAGING MENS REA IN SINGAPORE
...n 7 (“Ow Ah Cheng”). 20 Id, at 804—805, [36]. 21 [1991] SLR 293 at 301—302, [32]—[33] (“Tan Cheow Bock”). 22 Supra n 12, at 37, [10]. 23 [2005] 2 SLR 130 (“Lim Poh Lye”). 24 [1993] 2 SLR 657 (“Tan Chee Hwee”). 25 Supra n 23, at [15]. 26 To be fair, the earlier decision of the High Court in ......
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Criminal Law
...intention 10.1 In the case of PP v Lim Poh Lye[2005] 2 SLR 130 (HC), [2005] 4 SLR 582 (CA), two respondents (Lim and Koh), together with a third man who is still at large, planned to abduct a second-hand car dealer and force him to sign cheques in their favour. The victim later died from va......
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