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SINGAPORE – A 28-year-old man who was allegedly involved in the fatal Orchard Towers fight in July last year will be tried in High Court, the Attorney General’s Office (AGC) said in a statement on Tuesday (October 20).
Tan Sen Yang, who is facing a murder charge, is accused of causing the death of 31-year-old Satheesh Noel Gobidass.
His case was transferred to Superior Court on Tuesday, the AGC said.
Satheesh died after a fight at Orchard Towers on July 2 of last year.
Seven people, including Tan, were involved in the incident and initially charged with murder.
After extensive investigations, the AGC found that the other six individuals were not involved in the cause of Mr. Satheesh’s death. The charges against him were later reduced.
On October 15, Mr. Chan Jia Xing, 27, received a 12-month conditional warning after his position was reduced to associating with a person carrying an offensive weapon in a public place.
A conditional warning does not amount to a conviction or a finding of guilt, and it does not leave a criminal record, which means you will not face further action if you do not commit a crime for a year.
Joel Tan Yun Sheng and Ang Da Yuan, both 26, and Natalie Siow Yu Zhen, 24, had pleaded guilty earlier this year to assault charges, among other things.
Tan was sentenced to one month in prison, while Ang was sentenced to eight months in prison and six strokes of the cane.
Siow received five months in jail last Friday, in addition to the three and a half months he had previously spent in pre-trial detention.
The group’s two remaining members, Tan Hong Sheng, 23, and Loo Boon Chong, 26, have yet to be sentenced.
The group of seven was leaving the Naughty Girl Club on the second floor of Orchard Towers around 6:20 a.m. when they had a dispute with another group.
Mr. Satheesh was killed after confronting one of the men who, together with the man’s friends, attacked him.
The fight was captured on camera outside a store on the first floor of Orchard Towers. CCTV footage showed Mr. Satheesh exchanging blows with some people before falling to the ground.
Later, bystanders tried to help him as he lay bleeding from his neck.
Mr. Satheesh was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital and died at 7.25am. M.
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