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Ganesan (who came to court as a witness), finding that Murgan had indeed stabbed Jaswant on the neck for five to six times and he had intentionally inflicted these bodily injuries on Jaswant, such that the wounds were sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death, and hence, Judicial Commissioner Kan determined that Murgan should be held responsible for the offence of murder.
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severe enough to result in brain death and in turn, the death of the victim eight days after the attack. A medical surgeon who operated on
Jaswant also testified that the stabbing of the victim's neck led to the severance of a major blood vessel. Aside from this, the court also heard that after the robbery, the four left the crime scene and boarded another taxi to go to a friend's house at
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pretend to be passengers hailing for a taxi and rob the taxi driver. It happened so that the taxi they hailed was driven by the deceased victim
Jaswant Singh, who unknowingly picked up the men without knowing their plot. At 2am of 4 May 1988, the four entered Jaswant's taxi and asked him to drive them from
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During Murgan's murder trial, the court heard that on 3 May 1988, the night before the robbery, Murgan and his three accomplices spent their night out having meals and consuming both sleeping pills and alcohol at a coffee shop, and after they found that they had spent all their money, they decided to
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Eventually, after some pre-trial proceedings, the murder charges against three of the four offenders - Amuthan, Ganesan and
Narayanasamy - were reduced to robbery with hurt. The three were dealt in court for the lesser offence in February 1993 and received the following sentences: 22-year-old Amuthan
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On 3 July 1989, a 18-year-old jobless teenager surrendered himself to the authorities and admitted his involvement in the killing. The boy, whose name was
Narayanasamy Jairam, became the second person to face a murder charge in relation to the case. The police were also investigating to identify the
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As a result, Murgan
Ramasamy was the sole person left facing a murder charge for killing the taxi driver. Since Murgan was 18 years old (but also nearing his 19th birthday) at the time of the murder, he was still liable for a death sentence for murder under the law since offenders aged 18 and above
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On 3 June 1989, 18-year-old
Amuthan Murugasu, who was unemployed, became the first person arrested for allegedly killing Jaswant Singh, nearly a year after the taxi driver was killed. Amuthan, who was reportedly one of the four youths involved in the killing, was charged with murder two days later.
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Commissioner Kan delivered his verdict after the trial ended. In his judgement, Judicial Commissioner Kan rejected Murgan's defence that he only stabbed the victim once on the neck, and instead, he accepted both the forensic evidence and the testimony of one of Murgan's
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Jaswant was not the only taxi driver who became a victim of either murder or disappearance during that year of 1988 itself; another case happened in July 1988 while a third occurred in
September 1988, and one went missing since May 1988. At least three cases of murder involving the deaths of taxi
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The police conducted their investigations in the case of
Jaswant's murder, and publicly appealed for witnesses who last saw the taxi in the area before the murder, but there were no results and no suspects were arrested despite efforts to crack the case. Five months later, Singaporean crime show
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During the scuffle, Murgan picked up a screwdriver and viciously stabbed Jaswant on the neck about five to six times, although Murgan insisted in court that he only stabbed the victim once. According to Dr Wee Keng Poh, a forensic pathologist who examined Jaswant's corpse, the neck injuries was
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Despite receiving medical treatment, Jaswant slipped into a coma and his condition never improved. Jaswant eventually died on 12 May 1988, eight days after the brutal robbery. Jaswant was 48 years old at the time he died, and he left behind a wife and three children (two sons and one daughter).
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60 in cash), watch and ring stolen by the four robbers, whom he described as male and were all young men. Ten minutes after the assailants fled the scene, Jaswant managed to stagger out of his taxi and seek help from the driver of a passing truck despite his injuries, and he was rushed to
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in March 1993. After losing his appeal and death row plea for clemency, Murgan was hanged on 16 September 1994. The remaining three attackers were instead found guilty of lesser charges of robbery with hurt, and sentenced to jail terms between five years and 78 months, in addition to
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was robbed by four people (who boarded his taxi), and he died eight days later in a coma, as a result of the grievous injuries he suffered. The four suspects, who were all male, were arrested between 1989 and 1990 and charged with murder. Eventually, only one of the assailants,
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Jaswant's 21-year-old younger son, Amerjeet Singh (the youngest of three children), stated that his father had no enemies and thus he believed the motive was robbery and he stated it was senseless that a brutal thing had befallen on his father.
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re-enacted the case in November 1988 and police also released a second public appeal through the episode, calling for witnesses to come forward with any information that could lead to the arrest of the suspects behind Jaswant's death.
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On 3 February 1990, an unemployed man named Ganesan Suppiah became the fourth and final suspect to be charged with murdering Jaswant Singh back in 1988. Ganesan was 20 at the time of the crime.
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dismissed Murgan's appeal and upheld his death sentence and murder conviction. In the aftermath, Murgan petitioned for clemency in a final bid to commute his death sentence to
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rejected Murgan's clemency plea and finalized his death sentence.
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against his conviction and sentence, but on 26 January 1994, the
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899:"Jobless man hanged for murdering cabby 6 years ago in robbery"
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16:
1988 murder of a taxi driver in Old Toh Tuck Road, Singapore
444:"Changi Point murder: Taxi driver died by strangulation"
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can be sentenced to death in Singapore's jurisdiction.
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remaining two assailants responsible for the murder.
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827:"Hongkong woman hanged for drug trafficking"
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480:"Cabby murder case: Police seek witnesses"
222:Fates of Amuthan, Narayanasamy and Ganesan
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408:"Stabbed cabby dies after 8 days in coma"
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125:On 4 May 1988, while he was driving to
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755:"Death sentence for heroin smuggler"
354:"Cabby stabbed by mystery attackers"
147:(12 strokes for each of the three).
933:Murder of taxi drivers in Singapore
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660:"Cabbie's death: 4th man charged"
516:"《绳之以法》第八集星期六播映 追缉两凶手四嫌犯并教观众预防扒手"
138:, was found guilty of murder and
887:(in Chinese). 17 September 1994.
869:(in Chinese). 16 September 1994.
462:"Three murdered and one missing"
938:Capital punishment in Singapore
928:Deaths by stabbing in Singapore
522:(in Chinese). 22 November 1988.
334:Capital punishment in Singapore
845:"Mother hanged as drug-runner"
684:(in Chinese). 1 February 1990.
648:(in Chinese). 28 January 1990.
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719:"乔装搭客用螺丝起子猛刺死者 劫杀德士司机无业青年判死刑"
390:"Stabbed cabby still in coma"
217:Court proceedings and outcome
968:Indian diaspora in Singapore
958:Violence against men in Asia
797:(in Chinese). 10 March 1993.
743:(in Chinese). 11 March 1993.
725:(in Chinese). 12 March 1993.
707:(in Chinese). 11 March 1993.
624:"Third man on murder charge"
552:"德士司机遭杀案 警方捕一名少年 并追查另三名少年下落"
235:Trial and sentence of Murgan
166:National University Hospital
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963:Singaporean murder victims
612:(in Chinese). 6 July 1989.
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576:(in Chinese). 6 June 1989.
558:(in Chinese). 4 June 1989.
432:(in Chinese). 12 May 1988.
378:(in Chinese). 11 May 1988.
129:, 48-year-old taxi driver
953:1988 murders in Singapore
642:"紧急法庭审理案件多起 德士司机遇害青年嫌犯还押"
534:"Murder suspect arrested"
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759:South China Morning Post
498:"Did you see this taxi?"
78:Narayanasamy Jairam, 17
20:Murder of Jaswant Singh
791:"打抢准新娘暴露身分 杀人灭口 装配匠死刑"
312:President of Singapore
229:12 strokes of the cane
108:12 strokes of the cane
106:- 78 months' jail and
242:Judicial Commissioner
905:. 17 September 1994.
450:. 20 September 1988.
75:Amuthan Murugasu, 17
943:Caning in Singapore
923:Murder in Singapore
84:Ganesan Suppiah, 21
81:Murgan Ramasamy, 18
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701:"喝啤酒吞安眠药 深夜劫杀德士司机"
666:. 3 February 1990.
630:. 29 January 1990.
294:Murgan's execution
284:Angel Mou Pui Peng
280:sentenced to death
211:sentenced to death
140:sentenced to death
903:The Straits Times
851:. 7 January 1995.
833:. 7 January 1995.
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412:The Straits Times
394:The Straits Times
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261:Old Toh Tuck Road
157:Old Toh Tuck Road
151:Robbery and death
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257:Jurong West
917:Categories
678:"涉嫌谋杀德士司机"
340:References
249:High Court
188:Crimewatch
28:4 May 1988
69:Convicted
41:Singapore
881:"一死囚昨正法"
328:See also
92:Sentence
33:Location
180:Arrests
117:Amuthan
104:Ganesan
50:Robbery
300:appeal
145:caning
96:Murgan
55:Deaths
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