Singaporean elderly woman found dead in Toa Payoh, 82-yr-old man arrested

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder
Updated September 1, 2019 12:43 +08

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An elderly woman, aged 79, was found dead in a Toa Payoh flat on early Sunday morning. Police classified the death as a murder case and arrested a suspect.

The incident took place at Block 191 Lorong 4 Toa Payoh and police were alerted to this case at around 3.40 am Sunday.

The unnamed woman's body was found at the Housing Board block and the paramedics checked her and pronounced the elderly woman dead.

After initial investigation, police identified and located the suspected murderer who is an 82-year-old man. As per the police, the suspect will be taken to the court on Monday where he will face charges for the murder.

Police did not reveal what was the relationship between the man and the victim but they clarified that both of them knew each other.

Further investigation is going on.

Section 300 of the Singapore penal code includes some subdivisions of this law to simplify the cause punishment procedure and these are-

S300(a)

There are three parts to this subsection:

The accused must have intended to commit the act;
The accused must have intended for that act to cause death;
The act must have been the cause of death.

S300(b)

There are three parts to this section

Intention of causing bodily injury;
Knowledge that such bodily injury is likely to cause the death of the victim;
Victim dies as a result of that bodily injury.

S300(c)

There are three parts to this subsection:

Intention to cause bodily injury;
Such injury is sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death;
The bodily injury caused death.

S300(d)

There are four parts to this subsection:

Knowledge that act the offender intends to commit is so imminently dangerous that;
Act must in all probability cause death; or
cause such a bodily injury as is likely to cause death;
without excuse for incurring such risk of causing death.

If a person found guilty under section 300(a), then he or she will be punished with the mandatory death penalty. Convicts under section 300(b), (c) and (d) will face a death penalty or life imprisonment, including canning if not punished with death.