Orchard Towers death: First two men sentenced for role in fatal fight

SINGAPORE: Two men were sentenced to jail on Wednesday for their roles in a gang fight that led to the death of a man at Orchard Towers last year.four weeks' jail after pleading guilty to voluntarily causing hurt to the victim by common intention. Another charge of consorting with co-accused Tan Sen Yang, who had an offensive weapon, was taken into consideration.eight months' jail and six strokes of the cane.

At about 6.20am on Jul 2, 2019, the group finished their beer and decided to leave. While walking out, a second group of about five people walked into the club, causing some congestion at the doorway. Meanwhile, Siow dashed at the people in the doorway, jumping at them, and flipping a table onto the floor. She was pulled back repeatedly by people from the accused persons' group.

The security officer who had been slashed on the finger went to the scene after hearing screams, in time to see the victim collapse.Passers-by gathered, with some attending to the victim, trying to stop the bleeding with tissue and bandages. An ambulance arrived and took the victim to the hospital, but he died at about 7.25am.

The lawyer added that Joel Tan was"the one who had coordinated the collective surrender of some of the co-accused persons and Joel was also the one who had contacted the police". The lawyer also said that the victim had"acted in a highly provocative manner" when he ran down the escalators to catch up with the accused persons' group.

4 weeks LOL ...... After 8 months in remands , what more to say ?

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