SINGAPORE — The Court of Appeal on Oct 23 upheld the sentence of 16 years' jail that was handed down to a teenager who killed his schoolmate at River Valley High School with an axe in 2021. Singapore's highest court dismissed the teen's appeal for a jail term of between eight and 10 years. The assailant, who cannot be named...
The assailant, who cannot be named for legal reasons as he committed the crime when he was 16 years old, had initially faced a murder charge.SINGAPORE — The Court of Appeal on Oct 23 upheld the sentence of 16 years' jail that was handed down to a teenager who killed his schoolmate at River Valley High School with an axe in 2021.The assailant, who cannot be named for legal reasons as he committed the crime when he was 16 years old, had initially faced a murder charge.
He had pleaded guilty to the reduced charge on Dec 1, 2023 and was sentenced to 16 years' jail by the High Court.At his appeal on July 1, his lawyer argued the High Court judge had failed to give sufficient weight to the teen's mental disorder in meting out the manifestly excessive sentence. The teen, who was suffering from depression, had hatched a plan to slash people in the school, so the police would shoot him to death.On July 19, 2021, the then-16-year-old left his classroom and waited in the toilet, armed with the axe, and repeatedly slashed Ethan Hun, 13.There was previously a gag order on the victim's name, but this was lifted by the High Court at the request of Ethan's parents.
During the appeal on July 1, Sudheesan said his client's irrational plan was also informed by snuff videos — graphic videos showing actual scenes of human death — that the teen had watched.
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