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Man jailed 18 months for theft, impersonating NEA officer
Published on Mar 22, 2012
Sivamani S/O Marimuthu, who was sentenced on March 22, 2012 to 18 months' imprisonment. Sivamani would impersonate a National Environment Agency (NEA) officer on anti-mosquito breeding rounds and stole from three homes. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
By Khushwant Singh
An unemployed man would impersonate a National Environment Agency (NEA) officer on anti-mosquito breeding rounds to steal from three homes. Sivamani Marimuthu, 46, was on Thursday jailed 18 months.
He had pleaded guilty to theft, housebreaking and impersonating a NEA officer.
In passing the sentence, District Judge Low Wee Ping agreed with Deputy Public Prosecutor Allison Phua that the value of the items stolen - at $27,462 - was rather large.
The court also noted that the police recovered only $7,800 of the loot from a goldsmith in Little India.
The offences were all committed between April and September last year.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
Sivamani S/O Marimuthu, who was sentenced on March 22, 2012 to 18 months' imprisonment. Sivamani would impersonate a National Environment Agency (NEA) officer on anti-mosquito breeding rounds and stole from three homes. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
By Khushwant Singh
An unemployed man would impersonate a National Environment Agency (NEA) officer on anti-mosquito breeding rounds to steal from three homes. Sivamani Marimuthu, 46, was on Thursday jailed 18 months.
He had pleaded guilty to theft, housebreaking and impersonating a NEA officer.
In passing the sentence, District Judge Low Wee Ping agreed with Deputy Public Prosecutor Allison Phua that the value of the items stolen - at $27,462 - was rather large.
The court also noted that the police recovered only $7,800 of the loot from a goldsmith in Little India.
The offences were all committed between April and September last year.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
