Nick and Lisa Leeson lived in a private apartment on the fifth floor of Angullia View off Orchard Boulevard. In time magazine’s 13 March 1995 issue, it said that the couple “never really seemed to fit into the affluent, neo-colonial lifestyle of Singapore – nor into the city’s multiethnic society”.
One thing Leeson did enjoy was Singapore’s nightlife – Harry’s bar at boat Quay and 5 Emerald Hill were among his favourite bars. An incident on 16 June 1994 at the Off Quay Pub in Boat Quay led to him being convicted and fined for indecent exposure.
A 21-year-old women had been in the pub with her friends and saw Leeson staring at her through the glass door while she was outside. Although she ignored him, Leeson and his friend, Chhze Michael Aloysius, pulled down their trousers and exposed their buttocks to her.
The pair pleaded guilty in court and were each fined $200 Leeson was involved in another incident at the Singapore Cricket Club (SCC). While Barings paid for him membership at the SCC, the trader was rarely there. It was later revealed that he had been suspended from the club in 1994 for punching a fellow member. Although Leeson apologised to the member after it happened, he still had to face the disciplinary panal and was suspended for a year.
The incident took place when Leeson was in the club’s billiard room and was asked for his membership card when he wanted to play a round of billiards with some friends. Ananda Kumar, an official of the SCC’s snooker committee, said Leeson felt slighted when he asked the trader for his card. Leeson then abused him during the game and later on at the club’s bar.