Public Prosecutor v Low Ji Qing
[2015] SGDC 9
Suit No: DAC 902945/2014 & Ors
Decision Date: 21 January 2015
Court: District Court
Coram: Ong Hian Sun
Counsel: Deputy Public Prosecutor Mr Wong Thai Chuan for the prosecution; Defence Counsel Mr Randhawa Ravinderpal Singh of M/s Kalco Law LLC for the Accused
21 January 2015
Senior District Judge Ong Hian Sun:
1 This is an appeal by the accused against sentence.
2 The accused, Mr Low Ji Qing, aged 50 years old, pleaded guilty on 30 December 2014 to three charges of theft under section 379 (Cap 224). He consented to one charge of dishonestly receiving stolen properties under section 411 (Cap 224) to be taken into consideration for the purpose of sentence.
Facts relating to the charge (DAC 902945/2014)
3 At the material time the accused was working as a restaurant manager. On 26 December 2013 at about 1pm the accused was at GIANT Hypermart in Vivocity to shop for items for his store.
4 While he was walking around the supermarket, he chanced upon a trolley left unattended at the frozen food section. In the trolley was the first victim’s bag containing her wallet and mobile phone. He then dishonestly took the following items from her trolley:
(i) One white iPhone 5 64GB valued at S$800/- (Eight hundred Singapore dollars);
(ii) One Brown “Gucci”-branded wallet valued at S$500/- (Five hundred Singapore dollars);
(iii) Cash amounting to S$280/- (Two hundred and eighty Singapore dollars)
(iv) One “UOB” ATM card of unknown value;
(v) One “UOB” Visa card of unknown value;
(vi) One Japanese Bank “UFJ” Visa card of unknown value;
(vii) One Singapore driving licence of unknown value;
(viii) One dependant pass of unknown value;