Mentally-disordered offenders

Section 506

Soo Cheow Wee had consumed cough syrup illegally obtained from Geylang and was hallucinating when he was shot outside Clementi Police Division in February 2022. The Prosecution sought a lengthy jail sentence but the Honourable Chief Justice recognised that his mental condition was relevant. 

Section 380

Low Ji Qing laboured undiagnosed with Fetishism for years, committing multiple theft offences and serving multiple imprisonment terms. He was finally diagnosed in 2017. 
The Prosecution sought a lengthy jail sentence but the Honourable Chief Justice recognised that his mental condition was relevant. 

Section 304

Gabriel Lien Goh killed his mother and grandmother after experiencing hallucinations caused by consumption of lysergide (LSD). He was assessed to be of unsound mind, leading to his acquittal and consequent indefinite detention at the President's pleasure pursuant to Section 252 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Section 354

Ho Ah Chye had an IQ of 65 and mild intellectual disability. He committed outrage of modesty offences on public transport.  The Prosecution sought a lengthy jail sentence but the learned District Judge Eddy Tham handed down a sentence that reocgnised his intellectual disability and rehabilitative efforts.