PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v DAM
Key facts
| Court | High Court (General Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Aedit Abdullah |
| Charges / claim | Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Sentencing |
| Counsel | Acacia Legal LLC, Attorney-General's Chambers, Ramesh Tiwary, Withers KhattarWong LLP, Asran Abdul Samad, Harjeet Kaur Dhaliwal, Norine Tan Yan Ling, Phoebe Tan Hern Hwei, Ramesh Chandr Tiwary, Si Hoe Tat Chorng, Wong Woon Kwong |
Source: [2023] SGHC 265, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
Public Prosecutor v DAM [2023] SGHC 265 comprises the sentencing remarks of Aedit Abdullah J in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 19 September 2023 in Criminal Case No 30 of 2022. The accused pleaded guilty to killing his 2½-year-old daughter, Umaisyah, by forcefully slapping her face multiple times and failing to provide medical aid, and admitted committing child abuse against his stepson by hitting him with a belt, hanger and hand, and punching and slapping him. He also pleaded guilty to rioting with several others in the middle of a road and to consuming the controlled drug methamphetamine, with five other charges taken into consideration; the catchwords span culpable homicide, rioting, and offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act and the Children and Young Persons Act.
[2023] SGHC 265 explained
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v DAM ([2023] SGHC 265) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 19 September 2023. It is categorised under Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure and Sentencing. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 3 other reported Singapore judgments, 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 265 about?
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v DAM ([2023] SGHC 265) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Criminal Law — Offences — Rioting”, “Criminal Law — Offences — Culpable homicide”, “Criminal Procedure and Sentencing — Sentencing”, and “Criminal Law — Statutory offences — Misuse of Drugs Act”, 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 265 consider?
The judgment refers to Children and Young Persons Act (Cap 38), Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185), Penal Code (Cap 224), and The Children and Young Persons Act (Cap 38). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.
How influential is [2023] SGHC 265?
Within this corpus, [2023] SGHC 265 has been cited by 3 later reported Singapore judgments. 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
In sentencing remarks, the High Court sentenced the accused, DAM, who pleaded guilty to charges including culpable homicide for killing his 2½-year-old daughter Umaisyah by slapping her and failing to provide medical aid, child abuse of his stepson, rioting, and consumption of methamphetamine, with five further charges taken into consideration. The court held the sentences should run consecutively given the persistent criminality and multiple victims. The total sentence imposed was 21½ years' imprisonment and 18 strokes of the cane.
What was Public Prosecutor v DAM [2023] SGHC 265 about?
It set out the sentencing remarks of Aedit Abdullah J, delivered on 19 September 2023, after the accused pleaded guilty to killing his 2½-year-old daughter Umaisyah, abusing his stepson, rioting, and consuming methamphetamine, with five further charges taken into consideration.
What offences did the accused plead guilty to in [2023] SGHC 265?
The accused pleaded guilty to culpable homicide of his 2½-year-old daughter Umaisyah, child abuse of his stepson, rioting in the middle of a road, and consuming the controlled drug methamphetamine, spanning the Penal Code, Children and Young Persons Act and Misuse of Drugs Act.
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Judgment
Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.
Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2023] SGHC 265)