PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v ADAM BIN MOHAMED NOOR
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Public Prosecutor v Adam bin Mohamed Noor [2024] SGHC 25 was a grounds of decision in the General Division of the High Court (Magistrate's Appeal No 9071 of 2023) delivered by Vincent Hoong J on 31 January 2024, following hearings on 25 October and 8 November 2023. The accused, Mr Adam bin Mohamed Noor, claimed trial in the court below to a charge under section 15(3A) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act (Cap 354A, 2009 Rev Ed). He was employed by SP PowerGrid Ltd, a member of the SP Group, as a technical officer, and was tasked with supervising electrical works relating to the decommissioning of a substation. During those works, Mr Asogan s/o Suparamaniam was electrocuted while decommissioning an electrical cable and died. The charge alleged that the accused did a negligent act at work by allowing the deceased and other workers to carry out electrical works unsupervised on the de-energised cable without ensuring it remained de-energised. The catchwords address criminal procedure and sentencing (appeal and sentencing) and a statutory offence under the Workplace Safety and Health Act.
Summary
Adam bin Mohamed Noor, a technical officer employed by SP PowerGrid Ltd, was charged under s 15(3A) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act with doing a negligent act at work in connection with the death of a worker who was electrocuted while decommissioning an electrical cable, and was acquitted by the District Judge; the Prosecution appealed against the acquittal. Vincent Hoong J found that the District Judge had erred, allowed the Prosecution's appeal, and convicted the accused on the charge. The court assessed his culpability as at the higher end of the moderate range and imposed a sentence of ten months' imprisonment.
What charge was at issue in Public Prosecutor v Adam bin Mohamed Noor [2024] SGHC 25?
The accused, Adam bin Mohamed Noor, faced a charge under section 15(3A) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act for a negligent act at work, after a worker, Mr Asogan s/o Suparamaniam, was electrocuted and died during substation decommissioning works he supervised at SP PowerGrid Ltd.
What kind of proceeding was [2024] SGHC 25?
It was a Magistrate's Appeal (No 9071 of 2023) heard in the General Division of the High Court by Vincent Hoong J, with the catchwords indicating it concerned criminal procedure and sentencing on appeal in a Workplace Safety and Health Act prosecution.
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