PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Zin Mar Nwe
Outcome
ConvictedI convict the accused of murder, as charged.
Source: [2023] SGHC 146, High Court (General Division), decided 18 May 2023. Read directly from the judgment.
Key facts
| Court | High Court (General Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Andre Maniam |
| Charges / claim | Criminal Law |
| Outcome | Convicted |
| Counsel | Attorney-General's Chambers, Christopher Bridges Law Corporation, Coleman Street Chambers LLC, Matthew Chiong Partnership, Christopher Bridges, Kumaresan Gohulabalan, Sean Teh, Tan Lin Yin Vickie, Wong Hong Weng Stephen |
Source: [2023] SGHC 146, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
Catchwords
Practice Areas
Judges (1)
Counsel (9)
Parties (2)
Case Significance
Public Prosecutor v Zin Mar Nwe [2023] SGHC 146 is a reserved judgment of Andre Maniam J in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 18 May 2023 in Criminal Case No 60 of 2021. The accused, a foreign domestic worker who was 17 but whose passport stated she was 23, stabbed the 70-year-old mother-in-law of her employer some 26 times on 25 June 2018 and was charged the following day with murder under s 300(c) read with s 302(2) of the Penal Code. The judgment concerns the murder charge and the special exception of diminished responsibility.
[2023] SGHC 146 explained
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Zin Mar Nwe ([2023] SGHC 146) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 18 May 2023. It is categorised under Criminal Law. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.
What is [2023] SGHC 146 about?
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Zin Mar Nwe ([2023] SGHC 146) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Criminal Law — Offences — Murder” and “Criminal Law — Special exceptions — Diminished responsibility”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
Which legislation does [2023] SGHC 146 consider?
The judgment refers to Penal Code (Cap 224). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.
How influential is [2023] SGHC 146?
Within this corpus, [2023] SGHC 146 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.
Summary
Zin Mar Nwe, a 17-year-old foreign domestic worker, was charged with murder under s 300(c) of the Penal Code for stabbing her employer's 70-year-old mother-in-law some 26 times, and relied on the partial defence of diminished responsibility under Exception 7 to s 300. The court found she failed to establish the defence on a balance of probabilities and, that being the sole basis on which she resisted the charge, convicted her of murder.
What was Public Prosecutor v Zin Mar Nwe [2023] SGHC 146 about?
Andre Maniam J heard the murder case against Zin Mar Nwe, a foreign domestic worker charged under s 300(c) read with s 302(2) of the Penal Code for stabbing her employer's 70-year-old mother-in-law some 26 times on 25 June 2018.
What legal issue did Public Prosecutor v Zin Mar Nwe [2023] SGHC 146 address?
The judgment concerned a charge of murder under s 300(c) of the Penal Code and the special exception of diminished responsibility, in the case of an accused who was 17 at the time but had declared her age as 23.
Statutes Cited
Cases Cited (4)
Cited By (1)
Related cases
Other Singapore judgments involving the same parties or counsel.
Referenced in
Statutes interpreted in this judgment
Judgment
Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.
Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2023] SGHC 146)