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Tiwary "too ashamed" to reveal truth in Sydney murder case
By Roger Maynard, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 17 September 2009 0027 hrs
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Tiwary "too ashamed" to reveal truth in Sydney murder case
SYDNEY: A Singaporean, who is accused of killing two fellow students in a Sydney apartment they shared, said on Wednesday he told different stories about what happened because he was embarrassed to reveal the truth.
Ram Tiwary told police that he was asleep in the apartment when fellow Singaporeans Tony Tan Poh Chuan and Tay Chow Lyang were beaten to death with a baseball bat in September 2003.
But afterwards, he told friends that he was out at the time and had returned home to find their bodies.
The reason, he said, was because he was too ashamed to admit that he had hid in his bedroom as he was afraid to confront the attacker.
Tiwary revealed in a taped interview played to the New South Wales Supreme Court that he felt bad about not going to the aid of his friends and he hated telling people the truth.
He agreed that being an experienced soldier belonging to the Singapore military only made his position worse.
Asked about the blood on his hands, shorts and feet, he explained that he had checked Tan's pulse and the victim had coughed up blood.
Tiwary also revealed in the interview that the two victims were seen talking to a pretty Asian girl outside their flat two nights before the murders, which he claimed was odd because neither had much success with women.
According to a note found in Tiwary's bedroom, both victims owed more than $500 each in rent.
There was also talk at Wednesday's hearing of a mystery man named Andrew who was believed to have owed rent on the flat. But the defendant said he had no idea who Andrew was.
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Tiwary "too ashamed" to reveal truth in Sydney murder case
By Roger Maynard, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 17 September 2009 0027 hrs
Photos 1 of 1
Ram Tiwary
Video
Tiwary "too ashamed" to reveal truth in Sydney murder case
SYDNEY: A Singaporean, who is accused of killing two fellow students in a Sydney apartment they shared, said on Wednesday he told different stories about what happened because he was embarrassed to reveal the truth.
Ram Tiwary told police that he was asleep in the apartment when fellow Singaporeans Tony Tan Poh Chuan and Tay Chow Lyang were beaten to death with a baseball bat in September 2003.
But afterwards, he told friends that he was out at the time and had returned home to find their bodies.
The reason, he said, was because he was too ashamed to admit that he had hid in his bedroom as he was afraid to confront the attacker.
Tiwary revealed in a taped interview played to the New South Wales Supreme Court that he felt bad about not going to the aid of his friends and he hated telling people the truth.
He agreed that being an experienced soldier belonging to the Singapore military only made his position worse.
Asked about the blood on his hands, shorts and feet, he explained that he had checked Tan's pulse and the victim had coughed up blood.
Tiwary also revealed in the interview that the two victims were seen talking to a pretty Asian girl outside their flat two nights before the murders, which he claimed was odd because neither had much success with women.
According to a note found in Tiwary's bedroom, both victims owed more than $500 each in rent.
There was also talk at Wednesday's hearing of a mystery man named Andrew who was believed to have owed rent on the flat. But the defendant said he had no idea who Andrew was.
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