PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Yap Pow Foo
Outcome
Sentence imposed“I sentence the Accused to 17 years’ imprisonment and 16 strokes of the cane.”
Source: [2023] SGHC 79, High Court (General Division), decided 31 March 2023. Read directly from the judgment.
Key facts
| Court | High Court (General Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Tan Siong Thye |
| Charges / claim | Criminal Procedure and Sentencing |
| Outcome | Sentence imposed |
| Sentence / award | 17 years’ imprisonment |
| Counsel | Attorney-General's Chambers, Dhillon & Panoo LLC, Chong Kee En, S S Dhillon, Suppiah Krishnamurthi, Susanna Yim |
Source: [2023] SGHC 79, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
Public Prosecutor v Yap Pow Foo [2023] SGHC 79 is the judgment on sentence delivered by Tan Siong Thye J in the General Division of the High Court, Criminal Case No 32 of 2022, on 31 March 2023. In the earlier Conviction Judgment, Public Prosecutor v Yap Pow Foo [2023] SGHC 11, the court had convicted the accused of a rape charge under s 375(1)(a) punishable under s 375(2) of the Penal Code (Cap 224, 2008 Rev Ed) and an aggravated house-breaking charge under s 457 read with s 458A, arising from events between 3:05am and 3:44am on 30 January 2017. The present judgment addressed sentencing, engaging principles of sentencing and mitigation.
Summary
Following his conviction, Yap Pow Foo was sentenced for a rape charge under s 375 and an aggravated house-breaking by night charge under s 457 read with s 458A of the Penal Code, committed against a victim in her dwelling in January 2017. The court considered the offence- and offender-specific factors, including that this was his ninth house-breaking by night offence. It imposed 13 years' imprisonment and 12 strokes for rape and four years' imprisonment and four strokes for house-breaking, ordered to run consecutively for a total of 17 years' imprisonment and 16 strokes of the cane.
What was Public Prosecutor v Yap Pow Foo [2023] SGHC 79 about?
It is the judgment on sentence for Yap Pow Foo, who was convicted in [2023] SGHC 11 of rape under s 375(1)(a) of the Penal Code and aggravated house-breaking under s 457 read with s 458A, over an incident on 30 January 2017. Tan Siong Thye J heard sentencing.
What charges was Yap Pow Foo convicted of ([2023] SGHC 79)?
Yap Pow Foo was convicted of a rape charge under section 375(1)(a) punishable under section 375(2) of the Penal Code, and an aggravated house-breaking charge under section 457 read with section 458A of the Penal Code, relating to conduct between 3:05am and 3:44am on 30 January 2017.
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