Man gets 15 years jail, caning for killing man over pushing incident
Published on Aug 24, 2011
A 36-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane on Wednesday for stabbing another man to death over a pushing incident. -- PHOTO: POLICE CRO
By Elizabeth Soh
A 36-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane on Wednesday for stabbing another man to death over a pushing incident.
In passing the sentence, Justice Steven Chong said that Tan Keng Huat had committed an 'irrational act' that resulted in a 'completely unnecessary loss of a life'.
In June 2009, Tan, who was unemployed, had stabbed Mr John Vettamooto in the chest with a diving knife after the latter had an argument with his older brother, Mr Tan Thian Chye, 41.
The elder Tan had bumped into Mr Vettamooto at the foot of the block of flats where he lived in Redhill Close, and both had traded punches.
During the fight, Mr Vettamooto yanked off Thian Chye's ivory necklace and threw it on the floor.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
