FAHD SIDDIQUI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
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Fahd Siddiqui v Public Prosecutor [2024] SGHC 66 was decided by the General Division of the High Court on 13 March 2024, with Tay Yong Kwang JCA delivering the grounds of decision after a hearing on 8 March 2024 in Magistrate's Appeal No 9185 of 2023. The appellant, Fahd Siddiqui, was a 21-year-old Singaporean who completed national service with the Singapore Police Force on 4 January 2024 and had been deployed as a Ground Response Force officer at the time of the offences in November 2022. According to the judgment, on 1 November 2022, when he was 20 years old, the appellant arranged to meet a social escort to enquire about sexual services priced at $400, then returned to the hotel room, showed his warrant card identifying himself as a police officer, and indicated he would report the escort to the police unless she provided free sexual services. The case concerned an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1960 of corruptly attempting to obtain gratification, and the appeal raised sentencing considerations for young offenders.
Summary
Fahd Siddiqui, a 21-year-old Singaporean who had been a full-time police national serviceman, appealed against a sentence of reformative training after pleading guilty to corruptly attempting to obtain sexual services from a social escort as an inducement to refrain from taking enforcement action, an offence under s 6(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1960, with a similar charge taken into consideration. The appeal concerned the appropriate sentence for the young offender. The court allowed the appeal and substituted the reformative training order with an imprisonment term of seven days, to commence on 11 March 2024.
What was Fahd Siddiqui v Public Prosecutor [2024] SGHC 66 about?
[2024] SGHC 66 was a Magistrate's Appeal heard by Tay Yong Kwang JCA in the High Court concerning Fahd Siddiqui, a 21-year-old former Singapore Police Force national serviceman, in relation to corruptly attempting to obtain gratification under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1960 and sentencing of young offenders.
What did the appellant in [2024] SGHC 66 do according to the judgment?
According to the judgment, the appellant met a social escort over enquiries about $400 sexual services, then returned and showed his police warrant card, indicating he would report the escort unless she provided free sexual services. He was 20 years old at the time of the November 2022 offence.
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