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The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal against conviction and sentence in its entirety, affirming the mandatory death sentence.

The Court of Appeal dismissed both appeals against conviction and sentence.

The Court of Appeal (Tay Yong Kwang JCA delivering the grounds, with Steven Chong JCA and Ang Cheng Hock JCA) heard both matters on 6 March 2026 and dismissed the criminal motion and the appeal…

The Court of Appeal dismissed the criminal motion to adduce further evidence and dismissed the appeal against conviction and sentence.

The Court of Appeal dismissed both the criminal motion and the appeal.

The High Court allowed the appeal against sentence and substituted a sentence of eight months' imprisonment for the 18 months imposed on the amalgamated s 420 cheating charge.

Mavis Chionh Sze Chyi J allowed the appeal against sentence.

The High Court set aside the District Judge's grounds of decision in their entirety and gave them no weight.

The High Court dismissed the appeal in its entirety.

The High Court dismissed the appeal in its entirety, upholding the conviction, the sentence of nine days' imprisonment and the District Judge's handling of bail.

The High Court sentenced the accused to a global term of 21 years' imprisonment.

Pang Khang Chau J acquitted both accused of all charges, finding that the Prosecution had not proved any of them beyond reasonable doubt.

The court convicted the accused on both charges.

The High Court convicted the accused on all three charges.

The High Court acquitted DCC on the first rape charge and convicted him on the second rape charge and the charge of sexual assault by digital penetration.

The court convicted the accused of rape and sentenced him to imprisonment for a term of 14 years and six months and caning of 12 strokes.

The court convicted the accused on both charges.

The court sentenced DCC to 10 years' imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane on the rape charge and 8 years' imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane on the sexual assault by penetration charge.

The High Court acquitted DCC on the first rape charge and convicted him on the second rape charge and the charge of sexual assault by digital penetration.

Aidan Xu J sentenced Ms Albao to a total of 22 years' imprisonment: 10 and a half years for each abetment of rape charge, with the sentences for two charges ordered to run consecutively, and one…

The District Court convicted the accused on both charges and sentenced him to nine months' imprisonment for the outrage of modesty charge and one month's imprisonment for the attempt, to run…

The High Court allowed the appeal, set aside the conviction and acquitted the Appellant of the charge, finding that the Prosecution had not proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

The court convicted the accused and sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment plus one month's imprisonment in lieu of three strokes of the cane, a total of 13 months' imprisonment.

The High Court convicted the accused on all three charges and sentenced him to 8 months' imprisonment on the first outrage of modesty charge, 12 months and 3 strokes on the second, and 13 years and…

The High Court allowed JDA's appeal in part and dismissed the prosecution's appeal.

The High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the 12-month disqualification, holding that the retest requirement is not a relevant sentencing consideration.

The High Court allowed the appeal, set aside the one-week imprisonment term and substituted the maximum fine of $5,000, with one week's imprisonment in default; the five-year disqualification period…

The High Court allowed the appeal and substituted the sentence of five days' imprisonment with one day's imprisonment.

Kannan Ramesh JAD dismissed the appeal against sentence, finding no basis for appellate intervention.

Kannan Ramesh JAD dismissed the appeal on 20 March 2026 and later gave full grounds.

The Court of Appeal, comprising Sundaresh Menon CJ, Tay Yong Kwang JCA and Andrew Phang Boon Leong SJ, dismissed both appellants' appeals against conviction, upholding the convictions on all the…

The court dismissed the appeal against conviction and dismissed the appeal against sentence.

The court sentenced Sim to twelve months' imprisonment for the s 76 offence, ordered to run concurrently, so his aggregate sentence remained forty-four months' imprisonment.

The High Court dismissed the appeals against conviction and sentence, affirming the total sentence of 16 months' imprisonment, made up of 14 months for the offence and two months in lieu of caning.

The High Court dismissed the criminal motion to adduce fresh evidence and dismissed the appeal against conviction.

The High Court convicted the accused of murder under s 300(c) of the Penal Code.

The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal against conviction, substituting for the murder conviction one of culpable homicide not amounting to murder punishable under s 304(a) of the Penal Code,…

The court convicted the accused of murder under s 300(c) and sentenced him to life imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane, to run from 4 July 2019.

The Court of Appeal allowed the Prosecution's appeal, set aside the acquittal and convicted Salihin of murder under s 300(c).

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal against conviction and affirmed the trial judge's decision.

The High Court dismissed the appeal against sentence, leaving the imprisonment terms in place.

The High Court dismissed Teo's appeal against conviction on the 1st to 8th charges, allowed the Prosecution's appeal against acquittal, and convicted Teo on the 10th, 11th and 12th charges, leaving…

The court allowed the appeals in part.

The High Court declined to hold a post-conviction Newton hearing, gave no weight to the Dec 2022 Statement, and sentenced the respondent to a total of 41 months' imprisonment.

The court allowed the appellants' appeals in part.

The Magistrate's Court sentenced Mr Lau to a fine of $4,000.

The District Court convicted the accused of the section 332 charge and sentenced her to six months' imprisonment, backdated to 23 July 2026, when she was arrested after failing to attend court for…

The District Court convicted the accused after trial on the s 324 charge and, on his guilty pleas, on the other two charges, declined to call for corrective training or preventive detention reports,…

The court convicted the accused on both charges and sentenced him to 20 months' imprisonment and three strokes of the cane for grievous hurt, with a 12-month disqualification from all classes of…

See Kee Oon J dismissed the appeal.

The court convicted the accused on both charges and sentenced him to 20 months' imprisonment and three strokes of the cane for grievous hurt, with a 12-month disqualification from all classes of…

The High Court dismissed the appeal against both conviction and sentence.

The judge allowed the appeals and reduced the sentences, though not as far as the appellants sought.

The High Court, in grounds delivered by Tay Yong Kwang JCA, dismissed the appeal against sentence, leaving the aggregate sentence of ten years and four weeks' imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane…

The High Court dismissed Ng's appeal against conviction and allowed both appeals against sentence in part, reducing the fraudulent trading terms to four and a half years for Leong and four years for…

The court sentenced Sim to twelve months' imprisonment for the s 76 offence, ordered to run concurrently, so his aggregate sentence remained forty-four months' imprisonment.

The High Court allowed the four appeals in part: it dismissed Sim's appeal against conviction and sentence and allowed all three of the prosecution's appeals.

The High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the sentence of 24 months' imprisonment.

The High Court dismissed the appeal against sentence ex tempore, upholding the sentences on the excise duty and ARF charges and the global sentence.

The High Court dismissed the appeal against conviction and sentence.

The High Court dismissed both appeals.

The court allowed the Prosecution's appeal in part.

See Kee Oon JAD dismissed the appeal and affirmed the district judge's decision on conviction and sentence.

The High Court dismissed Ng's appeal against conviction and allowed both appeals against sentence in part, reducing the fraudulent trading terms to four and a half years for Leong and four years for…

The Court of Appeal, comprising Sundaresh Menon CJ, Tay Yong Kwang JCA and Andrew Phang Boon Leong SJ, dismissed both appellants' appeals against conviction, upholding the convictions on all the…

The High Court allowed the appeal in part.

The High Court dismissed both appeals against conviction and sentence.

Hoo Sheau Peng J convicted the first accused of 180 of his 189 charges and the second accused of 169 of her 178 charges, finding every underlying offence completed.

The High Court dismissed the criminal motion to adduce further evidence and dismissed the appeal against both conviction and sentence, leaving the aggregate sentence of seven years and five months'…

The court dismissed the criminal motion to adduce further evidence and dismissed the appeal against both conviction and sentence, so the conviction and the sentence of three months' imprisonment…

The court convicted him on his plea and sentenced him to six months' imprisonment on the 6th charge, three months and three weeks on the 26th, four months on the 27th, two months on the 29th and…

The court convicted both accused on their pleas and sentenced Foo to a global term of 19 years' imprisonment backdated to 24 July 2020 (seven years for child abuse concurrent, 13 and a half years for…

Hoo Sheau Peng J sentenced the accused to 16 years' imprisonment, backdated to 19 July 2021.

The court sentenced the accused to 10 years' imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane for culpable homicide, three years' imprisonment for the child abuse charge, 2½ years' imprisonment and three…

The court convicted the accused of murder under s 300(c) and sentenced him to life imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane, to run from 4 July 2019.

Hoo Sheau Peng J sentenced the accused to 16 years' imprisonment, backdated to 19 July 2021.

The High Court convicted the accused of murder as charged, finding that the defence of diminished responsibility was not established, and said it would address sentence later.

Vincent Hoong J allowed the Prosecution's appeal, set aside the acquittal and convicted the Accused of all 18 charges.

Hoo Sheau Peng J convicted the first accused of 180 of his 189 charges and the second accused of 169 of her 178 charges, finding every underlying offence completed.

Vincent Hoong J dismissed both appeals against conviction and sentence and partly allowed the Prosecution's appeal, setting aside the aggregate sentences and imposing 84 months' imprisonment on Henry…

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal against conviction and sentence, finding no error in the trial Judge's treatment of the evidence or application of the law.

The Court of Appeal dismissed both appeals.

The court found the chain of custody proved beyond a reasonable doubt and held that neither accused had rebutted the presumption he faced.

The High Court dismissed both the offender's appeal and the Prosecution's appeal.

The High Court allowed the appeal in part, as to the drink driving imprisonment term only.

The District Judge sentenced the accused to four months' and two weeks' imprisonment on the amalgamated charge, after a 30% reduction for his early plea of guilt.

The court sentenced the accused to 32 months' imprisonment and two strokes of the cane.

The High Court dismissed the appeal against sentence and upheld the term of 32 months' imprisonment for the criminal breach of trust charge.

The High Court dismissed the appeal against sentence, leaving undisturbed the individual sentences and the total of five years' and 12 months' imprisonment imposed by the District Judge.

The court sentenced the accused to 15 months' imprisonment on the 1st Charge, 12 months' on the 5th Charge and 16 months' on the 6th Charge, with the 1st and 6th Charges running consecutively for an…

The High Court allowed the Prosecution's appeal and dismissed the offender's appeal, enhancing the aggregate term from 14 months to 27 months' imprisonment, with the sentences for the second and…

The High Court dismissed the appeal in its entirety.

The High Court allowed the withdrawal of the appeal against sentence and dismissed the appeal against conviction, upholding the conviction and the sentence of ten months' imprisonment.

The court sentenced the accused to 12 months' imprisonment on the possession charge, eight years' one month's imprisonment on each consumption charge and three months' imprisonment on the utensils…

The District Judge sentenced Mr Quek to seven years' and 11 months' imprisonment and seven strokes of the cane on the trafficking charge, one year's imprisonment on the consumption charge and three…

The court sentenced the accused to 12 months' imprisonment on the possession charge, eight years' one month's imprisonment on each consumption charge and three months' imprisonment on the utensils…

The District Judge sentenced Mr Quek to seven years' and 11 months' imprisonment and seven strokes of the cane on the trafficking charge, one year's imprisonment on the consumption charge and three…

The High Court dismissed the appeal against conviction and sentence, upholding the global sentence of six weeks' imprisonment.

See Kee Oon J dismissed the appeal and affirmed the sentence of two weeks' imprisonment.

The High Court convicted the accused of murder under s 300(c) of the Penal Code.

The court convicted the accused of murder under s 300(c) and sentenced him to life imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane, to run from 4 July 2019.

The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal against conviction, substituting for the murder conviction one of culpable homicide not amounting to murder punishable under s 304(a) of the Penal Code,…

Vincent Hoong J sentenced the accused to seven years' imprisonment on each charge, ordered the sentences to run consecutively for an aggregate of 14 years' imprisonment, and backdated the sentence to…