The man, now 55, surrendered to the authorities in 2022 to gain personal closure, his defence lawyer said.
SINGAPORE: A 55-year-old man who was on the run for 12 years was on Friday sentenced to 16 years' jail over the fatal stabbing of a club patron in 2010.
The prosecution had sought 15 to 18 years in jail, while the defence had asked for not more than 11 years' imprisonment.Mr Xi, the victim, had been drinking at De Basement Live Disco from the evening of Feb 13, 2010. Over the course of the night, he became drunk and disruptive. Lee told Mr Xi to leave, but the younger man continued lying on the ground, shouted a vulgarity at Lee, and kicked him in the stomach.The disco's bartender saw Lee holding the knife and tried to stop him, telling him"don't" in Hokkien. But Lee brushed past him.
The other bouncer called emergency services at about 6.30am. Mr Xi was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 7.40am. Mr Koh also highlighted that Lee had used the knife with"enough force to bury almost the entirety of the blade in the deceased's thigh not once, but twice".
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