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Dismissing the woman's appeal, the High Court judge noted that the man had made a number of claims to insist the marriage was a sham.
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'Sham marriage' ruling leaves wife with nothing

The case is believed to be the first marital rape trial after immunity for husbands was repealed with effect from Jan 1, 2020.
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Man on trial for raping wife in first case since repeal of marital immunity

On April 20, 2020, he repeatedly slapped his younger son’s face when the toddler refused to stop crying.
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Man who ill-treats sons, 2 and 7, gets probation, psychiatric help

“The job was to ‘take money and run away’,” the prosecutor said, adding that “Dilton” also told the boy to buy a knife to “scare the other party”.
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Teen buys knife to rob man – as ordered in job offered on Telegram

“The job was to ‘take money and run away’,” the prosecutor said, adding that “Dilton” also told the boy to buy a knife to “scare the other party”.
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SCDF officer who received Long Service Medal faces drug consumption charge

Alvin Yap Chin Chye pleaded guilty to a graft charge and three counts of cheating, and will be sentenced on Jan 23.
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Sales director cheats firm of over $170k, hands out $40k bribe

Just before he sexually violated her, he told her that this was what she “asked for”.
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Man upset that his ex has moved on, rapes her ‘for her own good’

High Court judge Valerie Thean said Madam Che’som failed to give a convincing reason to show that she did not understand the documents she had signed.
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Widow loses court fight to remove daughter as HDB flat co-owner

Min Thein Kyaw committed the offences from 2011 to 2020.
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Man lures 50 women, teens for photo shoots and films intimate clips of them

    The man claimed that the girl had induced him to commit the offences by looking at him “in a sexual mode”.
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    Man sexually assaults daughter, blames her ‘sidelong glances’

    Jeremy Su Zhiwei, 33, was sentenced to 12 weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt and another charge of contravening a protection order.
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    Jail for man who choked grandma and pulled her hair for refusing to give him money

    Moncrieff Marli Curtis Philip arriving at State Courts on Jan 14, 2025.
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    Jail for Australian who threatened to crash plane departing Changi

    Min Thein Kyaw committed the offences from 2011 to 2020.
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    Man lures 50 women, teens for photo shoots and films intimate clips of them

    The man claimed that the girl had induced him to commit the offences by looking at him “in a sexual mode”.
    Singapore

    Man sexually assaults daughter, blames her ‘sidelong glances’

    Jeremy Su Zhiwei, 33, was sentenced to 12 weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt and another charge of contravening a protection order.
    Singapore

    Jail for man who choked grandma and pulled her hair for refusing to give him money

    Moncrieff Marli Curtis Philip arriving at State Courts on Jan 14, 2025.
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    Jail for Australian who threatened to crash plane departing Changi

    Phua Shewn Ying (left) and her husband Lim Teck Lee were both sentenced to jail on Jan 15.
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    Woman who hired sex workers and lived on their earnings jailed

    Muhammad Kamil Mohamed Yasin pleaded guilty to one charge of causing grievous hurt by committing a rash act which endangers life, on Jan 15.
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    SCDF officer jailed over death of NSF left alone in Henderson blaze

    Zhou Yucheng, 22, is accused of stealing multiple toys at Plaza Singapura, including a Labubu plush valued at $280 and a Skull Panda figurine worth $288.
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    7 people allegedly stole Labubu toys, diapers, abalone, dental floss

    Zhou Hongwei, 57, was charged with urinating in front of the passenger service centre at Potong Pasir MRT station on Jan 13 at around 7.30pm.
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    2 S'porean men charged for urinating in public at MRT stations

    Jeremy Su Zhiwei, 33, was sentenced to 12 weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt and another charge of contravening a protection order.
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    Married man jailed for stalking ex-employee for almost 2 years

    On Jan 14, Li Guorui, 41, pleaded guilty to one charge of being a public nuisance.
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    China national who urinated on Outram Park MRT station handrail fined $2k