Sharom bin Ahmad and Another v Public Prosecutor

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date17 July 2000
Date17 July 2000
Docket NumberCriminal Appeal No 2 of 2000
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)
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  • Esben Finance Ltd and others v Wong Hou-Lianq Neil
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 10 January 2022
    ...on witness evidence reached by the trial judge (see the decision of this court in Sharom bin Ahmad and another v Public Prosecutor [2000] 2 SLR(R) 541 at [51]). This principle applies with full force here, especially given the various deficiencies in documentary evidence for which the respo......
  • Muhammad Ridzuan bin Md Ali v PP
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 28 May 2014
    ...[1952] 1 KB 338 (refd) R v Terrence [1983] 1 SCR 357 (folld) Ramalingam Ravinthran v AG [2012] 2 SLR 49 (refd) Sharom bin Ahmad v PP [2000] 2 SLR (R) 541; [2000] 3 SLR 565 (refd) Singapore Amateur Athletics Association v Haron bin Mundir [1993] 3 SLR (R) 407; [1994] 1 SLR 47 (refd) Tan Chua......
  • Public Prosecutor v Choong Kien Siong
    • Singapore
    • District Court (Singapore)
    • 28 March 2003
    ...hope or escape or fear of punishment connected with the charge: Chai Chien Wei Kelvin v PP [1999] 1 SLR 25, Sharom bin Ahmad v PP [2000] 3 SLR 565. 95 It is also trite law that the circumstances surrounding the recording of the statement must be considered for an implied threat, for inducem......
  • Public Prosecutor v Ismil bin Kadar and Another
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 7 April 2009
    ...to implicate himself further but whether he was going to corroborate Muhammad’s involvement in the murder. 186 In Sharom bin Ahmad v PP [2000] 3 SLR 565 (“Sharom”), CJ Yong, delivering the judgment of the Court of Appeal, said at The promise to procure a reduced charge would also amount to ......
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3 books & journal articles
  • CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE 2010
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2012, December 2012
    • 1 December 2012
    ...and cases discussed therein. 44 Dorcas Quek, The Concept of Voluntariness in the Law of Confessions(2005) 17 SAcLJ 819 at para 35. 45[2000] 2 SLR(R) 541. 46 The investigating officer denied he made all these threats and inducements, and was corroborated by the interpreter. The fact that the......
  • Criminal Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2000, December 2000
    • 1 December 2000
    ...s 17 provides for a presumption of trafficking; and ss 18 to 21 provide for the presumption of possession. In Shawm bin Ahmad & Anor v PP[2000] 3 SLR 565, the Chief Justice once again made clear that the prosecution cannot make use of both presumptions in ss 17 and 18 of the Misuse of Drugs......
  • Criminal Procedure, Evidence and Sentencing
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2000, December 2000
    • 1 December 2000
    ...in that situation, even greater caution must be exercised in permitting an amendment. In the second case of Sharom bin Ahmad & Anor v PP[2000] 3 SLR 565, the evidence showed that the second appellant sold 10 packets of heroin to the first appellant. In the trial court, the two appellants we......

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