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Man sentenced to 19 years' jail, 24 strokes for robbery spree
Published on Mar 27, 2012
Ellarry Puling, who was sentenced on Tuesday to 19 years? imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
By Selina Lum
A 28-year-old dish-washer from Sabah was on Tuesday jailed 19 years and ordered to be caned 24 strokes for committing a series of violent robberies within a month in 2008.
Ellarry Puling was initially charged for murder together with his accomplice, construction worker Fabian Adiu Edwin, for a fatal attack on security guard Loh Ee Hui while robbing him. Fabian was convicted of murder, but Ellarry escaped the death penalty and was instead found guilty of a lesser charge of robbery with hurt.
On Tuesday, Ellarry was sentenced for that charge as well as five other charges of robbery with hurt relating to separate incidents.
The court heard that Ellarry and Fabian were childhood friends who met again in Singapore and hit on a plan to commit robbery.
Their modus operandi was to prowl the streets for potential victims carrying mobile phones, thick wallets and other valuables like cash cards.
Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
