Public Prosecutor v Seet Soon Heng
Judge | Wong Peck |
Judgment Date | 28 June 2012 |
Neutral Citation | [2012] SGDC 235 |
Citation | [2012] SGDC 235 |
Docket Number | DAC 7516 of 2012, Magistrate’s Appeal No. 141/2012/01 |
Published date | 11 July 2012 |
Hearing Date | 19 June 2012,29 May 2012 |
Plaintiff Counsel | DSP Lim Siew Choo and Inspector Ramasamy |
Defendant Counsel | The Accused in person |
Court | District Court (Singapore) |
The accused, who is a 38 years old male, pleaded guilty to one charge of committing theft in dwelling on 26th February 2012 at about 11.02pm of cash amounting to SGD $5,611 that was in the possession of the branch manager of “Manhattan Fish Market” located at 201 Victoria Street #04-00 Iluma Shopping Centre, Singapore which was an offence under section 380 of the Penal Code Cap 224.
On 22 June 2012, being dissatisfied, the accused appealed against his sentence of 9 years’ preventive detention which I had imposed on him.
Summary of factsThe facts in support of the charges are set out in the Statement of Facts which was admitted without qualification by the accused.
On 26th February 2012 at about 10.45pm, the branch manager of Manhattan Fish Market (“the complainant”) that was located at Iluma Shopping Centre (“ the restaurant”) had closed the restaurant after he had armed the alarm system within the restaurant. The next day at about 10.10am, the complainant was informed by his staff that cash was missing. Upon arrival at the restaurant, the complainant discovered cash amounting to SGD $ 5,611 was missing from the safe which was placed inside the cabinet under the cash register. The complainant then decided to report the theft to the police on the same day at 3.21pm.
Investigations further revealed that on 26th February 2012 at about 11.02pm, the accused with the intention of committing theft had entered the restaurant after closing hours. The accused then proceeded to disarm the motion sensor alarm. Then he walked towards the staff working cabinet and took the key for the safe. He used the key to open the safe and removed cash amounting to SGD $5,611. Then he returned the key to its original position and left the restaurant together with the money.
On 1 March 2012 at about 5.30pm, the accused was placed under arrest. Cash amounting to only SGD $1,692 which was part of the stolen loot was recovered. The accused had already spent the remaining SGD $3,919. The accused admitted to the offence and was then charged.
AntecedentsThe accused’s long list of antecedents is as follows:
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