SINGAPORE — A repeat offender who held a 60-year-old woman hostage at knifepoint in Yishun in January 2023 was sentenced to eight years and a month's jail, and six strokes of the cane on July 30. On May 28, Mohamed Faizal Mohamed Ariff, 43, pleaded guilty to one count each of drug consumption, harassment, abduction and assaulting a police officer..
Mohamed Faizal Mohamed Ariff had decided to use the woman as a shield as he wanted to flee the authorities.SINGAPORE — A repeat offender who held a 60-year-old woman hostage at knifepoint in Yishun in January 2023 was sentenced to eight years and a month's jail, and six strokes of the cane on July 30.
In earlier proceedings, Deputy Public Prosecutor Delicia Tan said Faizal had been sentenced to five years and six months' jail with three strokes of the cane after he was convicted of morphine consumption in 2014. Following his release, Faizal had a relapse and returned to his drug habit after he smoked methamphetamine, also known as Ice, in June 2022.
The 60-year-old woman was sitting at a table at the void deck of Block 108 Yishun Ring Road while waiting for her nephew when she saw Faizal. She got up to make her way to a nearby coffee shop. DPP Tan had told the court: "The accused approached the victim from behind, placed his left arm around the victim's neck while holding onto a knife in his right hand and pointing it at the victim's neck. He then pulled the victim towards the direction that he wanted her to walk... The victim was scared and complied with the accused."More officers soon arrived at the location.
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