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Between 2003 and 2005, Lim was enduring frequent beatings and psychological abuse by his wife. On one occasion, Lim was beaten so badly that he became deaf in one ear. Their two children were also beaten by Riana. Since their return to Singapore, Lim and Riana had been estranged, and their two children were staying with Lim's mother.
The assailants fled Singapore after killing Leong but one, 36-year-old Robson Tay Teik Chai, was found in France serving a two-year sentence for drug offences. He was sent back to Singapore in 2003, where he was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane for culpable homicide.
Chow decided that the only way out was to kill his wife before he killed himself, and hoped that he would reunite with his wife and child in heaven. At about 5 AM, Chow grabbed the sharpest knife from the kitchen, and returned to the master bedroom, where 30-year-old Isabel Elizabeth Francis was sleeping.
Eventually, 18 men, including Tan Kheng Ann, were convicted of murder and hanged in Changi Prison on 29 October 1965. Another 29 men were found guilty of rioting – among them, 11 were sentenced to two years' jail for rioting while the other 18 received three years' jail for rioting with deadly weapons. The remaining 11 men were acquitted and ...
2 December 2024: The case of a 30-year-old woman found dead in a flat along Dover Road was classified as murder by the Singapore police. A 34-year-old man, suspected of being involved in the murder, left Singapore prior to the police receiving a call for assistance. The suspect and the victim were known to each other.
The severely injured wife of the man killed in Singapore Airlines flight turbulence has been informed about his death as she recuperates in hospital.
8 March 1995: British national John Martin killed South African national Gerard George Lowe in River View Hotel, dismembered his body, and disposed the body parts in the Singapore River. He was arrested at Changi Airport on 19 March 1995 with some controlled items (e.g. an electroshock weapon ) and 24 sticks of cannabis in his possession.
Based on the torn newspaper pages wrapped around the severed body parts, the police discovered a bearing the name and address of an Indian immigrant living in a condominium at Serangoon. The police managed to trace the address, and they arrived at the condominium, where the Indian man and his wife, as well as their maid resided in.