Disputes between neighbours - A True story

[M5m3]

A town councillor in Wales, Mark Easton, had a beautiful view of the mountains, until a new neighbour purchased the land below his house and built a new home.

 

The new home was 18 inches higher than the planning dept had approved, so Mark Easton, mad about his lost view, went to the local authority to make sure they enforced the roof line height.

The new neighbour had to drop the roof height, at great expense.

 

Recently, Mark Easton called the planning dept, and informed them that his new neighbour had installed some vents on the side of his new property.

 

Mark didn't like the look of these vents and asked the planning dept to investigate.

 

When they went to Mark's home to see what the vents looked like, this is what they found...

 

[Tunge]

huh?

[Rickster]

HUh???

[Watwheels]

I found the link and pics

 

Link to the Website

 

 

[Route88]

Very artistic . Now Mark Easton can view tat art and the mountain

[Altivo]

hahaha... middle finger!

[Comfy]

nice!! [laugh]

[M5m3]

Thanks.

 

I had prob uploading the pics

[Sony]

technically it's not a middle finger coz no thumb.. haha

Edited April 6, 2009 by Sony

[RadX]

it is like mickey mouse lor...

[Leepee]

Yes...technicall its not a rude sign because the clever neighbour left out the thumb!

 

But the symbolic gesture is clear yet in a legal way!

 

Brillient!

 

[Windwaver]

Be rude to your neighbor and stand a chance to meet one's maker earlier. It's always easier to settle dispute by proper communication and not shutting the other party down, who knows 1 day that neighbor will snap and tragedy happens.

These days getting harder to find friendly neighbors.

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-gets-life-in-prison-for-killing-drunk-neighbour-in-punggol-with-victims-knife

Man gets life in prison for killing drunk neighbour in Punggol with victim’s knife

SINGAPORE - In 2008, Heng Boon Chai was given eight years’ jail for stabbing his 55-year-old uncle to death while suffering paranoid delusions.

After his release from prison, Heng lived a quiet life with his mother in a Punggol flat.

But in 2021, a dispute with his neighbour over a noisy gate and door led to one final confrontation where Heng fatally stabbed the man with the victim’s knife.

In 2008, Heng, who suffers from schizophrenia, had pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of culpable homicide after it was found that his condition had diminished his responsibility for killing his uncle.

On Nov 7, 2024, Heng, 46, was sentenced to life imprisonment and 10 strokes of the cane for the murder of his next-door neighbour, Mr Kim Wee Ming, a 46-year-old hawker stall assistant.

Deputy Public Prosecutors Christina Koh and Zhou Yang told the court that in 2018, following a stay at a care centre, Heng moved in with his mother at her one-room rental flat in Sumang Walk, near Punggol Central.

Heng and his mother, Madam Ho Yoke Kiew, 72, initially had a cordial relationship with Mr Kim, who had moved there in 2019.

They exchanged pleasantries along the corridor, and Mr Kim offered them pineapple tarts during Chinese New Year.

But Mr Kim was irritated by the noise Madam Ho made when she closed the gate and door of her flat.

When Covid-19 restrictions were imposed in early 2020, Madam Ho would leave her home multiple times at night, between 7pm and 4am, to throw rubbish at the common rubbish chute.

The neighbours quarrelled over this several times.

During one confrontation, Heng explained that their door was damaged. He also revealed he had killed someone before.

On the afternoon of July 14, 2021, Mr Kim was drunk and hurled vulgarities at Heng, who was alone at home, through the metal gate of his flat.

Mr Kim challenged Heng to a fight. He also taunted Heng in Hokkien by calling him an “ah gua” (sissy) and “bo chi” (no guts).

Heng tried to pacify Mr Kim but was punched in the face.

After Heng told Mr Kim to go home, the latter returned to his flat to get a knife, which he then pointed at Heng and used to hit the gate.

Heng reminded Mr Kim that he has a mental illness and had been jailed for killing someone.

When he told Mr Kim to hand him the knife, the latter flung it into the flat and continued his taunts. He then took a metal wok from his flat and banged it on Heng’s gate.

Heng picked up the knife and stabbed Mr Kim in the neck through the gate.

As he pressed down on his bleeding neck, Mr Kim called the police to report the stabbing and made a video call to his employer.

Heng called his father to tell him he had killed someone and asked him to take care of his mother.

Mr Kim then smoked a cigarette and told Heng: “If I die, you die.”

DPP Zhou said Heng, who did not expect Mr Kim to return after the first stabbing, opened the gate, walked towards his neighbour and stabbed him multiple times in the neck until he collapsed.

Heng returned home, placed the knife on the table and told his sister and mother over the phone that he had killed Mr Kim.

Mr Kim was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

A psychiatrist from the Institute of Mental Health who examined Heng found that while he suffers from schizophrenia, there was no clear evidence that he was in a psychotic relapse during the offence.

The psychiatrist said Heng’s actions appeared to be driven by repeated provocations by Mr Kim and the perceived threat posed to his mother.

Heng did not contest the murder charge and was found guilty by High Court Judge Audrey Lim.

Describing the killing as a particularly tragic case of a neighbour dispute, the judge agreed with the prosecution that the death penalty was not warranted in this case.

Justice Lim accepted that Heng’s acts did not show viciousness or blatant disregard for human life.

She noted that while Heng’s acts cannot be condoned, he had admitted to what he had done at a very­ early stage. She also told the prosecution to inform the prison authorities to continue monitoring Heng for his medical condition and to treat him if necessary.

Heng’s lawyers, Mr Ng Yuan Siang and Mr Nichol Yeo, said the second attack was precipitated by his worry that the wounded Mr Kim would retaliate against his mother when she returned home.

The defence noted in mitigation that the situation would not have escalated if Mr Kim had not thrown the knife into Heng’s flat.

Madam Ho kept only a plastic knife at home because she was worried about her son having access to sharp objects, said the defence.

Heng’s parents, who divorced in 2017, spoke to him in court after he was sentenced.

He teared up briefly when Madam Ho tripped and fell in the court­room but calmed down after his lawyers helped her onto a chair.

 

[13177]

True that in this era difficult to find friendly neighbors. This is why there are so many cases of disputes between neighbors which cannot be resolved.

For this case, it is a sad case which can be prevented from happening.

[Atonchia]

  On 11/7/2024 at 1:18 PM, Windwaver said:

Be rude to your neighbor and stand a chance to meet one's maker earlier. It's always easier to settle dispute by proper communication and not shutting the other party down, who knows 1 day that neighbor will snap and tragedy happens.

These days getting harder to find friendly neighbors.

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-gets-life-in-prison-for-killing-drunk-neighbour-in-punggol-with-victims-knife

Man gets life in prison for killing drunk neighbour in Punggol with victim’s knife

SINGAPORE - In 2008, Heng Boon Chai was given eight years’ jail for stabbing his 55-year-old uncle to death while suffering paranoid delusions.

After his release from prison, Heng lived a quiet life with his mother in a Punggol flat.

But in 2021, a dispute with his neighbour over a noisy gate and door led to one final confrontation where Heng fatally stabbed the man with the victim’s knife.

In 2008, Heng, who suffers from schizophrenia, had pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of culpable homicide after it was found that his condition had diminished his responsibility for killing his uncle.

On Nov 7, 2024, Heng, 46, was sentenced to life imprisonment and 10 strokes of the cane for the murder of his next-door neighbour, Mr Kim Wee Ming, a 46-year-old hawker stall assistant.

Deputy Public Prosecutors Christina Koh and Zhou Yang told the court that in 2018, following a stay at a care centre, Heng moved in with his mother at her one-room rental flat in Sumang Walk, near Punggol Central.

Heng and his mother, Madam Ho Yoke Kiew, 72, initially had a cordial relationship with Mr Kim, who had moved there in 2019.

They exchanged pleasantries along the corridor, and Mr Kim offered them pineapple tarts during Chinese New Year.

But Mr Kim was irritated by the noise Madam Ho made when she closed the gate and door of her flat.

When Covid-19 restrictions were imposed in early 2020, Madam Ho would leave her home multiple times at night, between 7pm and 4am, to throw rubbish at the common rubbish chute.

The neighbours quarrelled over this several times.

During one confrontation, Heng explained that their door was damaged. He also revealed he had killed someone before.

On the afternoon of July 14, 2021, Mr Kim was drunk and hurled vulgarities at Heng, who was alone at home, through the metal gate of his flat.

Mr Kim challenged Heng to a fight. He also taunted Heng in Hokkien by calling him an “ah gua” (sissy) and “bo chi” (no guts).

Heng tried to pacify Mr Kim but was punched in the face.

After Heng told Mr Kim to go home, the latter returned to his flat to get a knife, which he then pointed at Heng and used to hit the gate.

Heng reminded Mr Kim that he has a mental illness and had been jailed for killing someone.

When he told Mr Kim to hand him the knife, the latter flung it into the flat and continued his taunts. He then took a metal wok from his flat and banged it on Heng’s gate.

Heng picked up the knife and stabbed Mr Kim in the neck through the gate.

As he pressed down on his bleeding neck, Mr Kim called the police to report the stabbing and made a video call to his employer.

Heng called his father to tell him he had killed someone and asked him to take care of his mother.

Mr Kim then smoked a cigarette and told Heng: “If I die, you die.”

DPP Zhou said Heng, who did not expect Mr Kim to return after the first stabbing, opened the gate, walked towards his neighbour and stabbed him multiple times in the neck until he collapsed.

Heng returned home, placed the knife on the table and told his sister and mother over the phone that he had killed Mr Kim.

Mr Kim was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

A psychiatrist from the Institute of Mental Health who examined Heng found that while he suffers from schizophrenia, there was no clear evidence that he was in a psychotic relapse during the offence.

The psychiatrist said Heng’s actions appeared to be driven by repeated provocations by Mr Kim and the perceived threat posed to his mother.

Heng did not contest the murder charge and was found guilty by High Court Judge Audrey Lim.

Describing the killing as a particularly tragic case of a neighbour dispute, the judge agreed with the prosecution that the death penalty was not warranted in this case.

Justice Lim accepted that Heng’s acts did not show viciousness or blatant disregard for human life.

She noted that while Heng’s acts cannot be condoned, he had admitted to what he had done at a very­ early stage. She also told the prosecution to inform the prison authorities to continue monitoring Heng for his medical condition and to treat him if necessary.

Heng’s lawyers, Mr Ng Yuan Siang and Mr Nichol Yeo, said the second attack was precipitated by his worry that the wounded Mr Kim would retaliate against his mother when she returned home.

The defence noted in mitigation that the situation would not have escalated if Mr Kim had not thrown the knife into Heng’s flat.

Madam Ho kept only a plastic knife at home because she was worried about her son having access to sharp objects, said the defence.

Heng’s parents, who divorced in 2017, spoke to him in court after he was sentenced.

He teared up briefly when Madam Ho tripped and fell in the court­room but calmed down after his lawyers helped her onto a chair.

 

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Put it bluntly....

Kim deserved his own fate. 

Heng already warned him he was not normal.... 

..... probably the mum was his main trigger for both killings. 

Edited November 7, 2024 by Atonchia

[13177]

  On 11/7/2024 at 2:30 PM, Atonchia said:

Put it bluntly....

Kim deserved his own fate. 

Heng already warned him he was not normal.... 

..... probably the mum was his main trigger for both killings. 

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Could be due to Kim was drunk. Nowadays many such cases of killing happened no matter due to whatever reason. Don't know if it is due to life is getting too stress now.

[Atonchia]

  On 11/7/2024 at 2:58 PM, 13177 said:

Could be due to Kim was drunk. Nowadays many such cases of killing happened no matter due to whatever reason. Don't know if it is due to life is getting too stress now.

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Slamming of gate can really be irritating..... Also if done it multiple times a day.... 

Both need each other to escalate the situation until point of no return.

There was similar case of corner unit male neighbour killing next door female neighbour because she complain him slamming his gate each time he went out. 

https://mustsharenews.com/bukit-batok-murder-noise-issues/

https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/bukit-batok-murder-5-year-old-boy-was-fostered-out-getting-ready-live-mum-permanently

Edited November 7, 2024 by Atonchia

[Windwaver]

  On 11/7/2024 at 3:00 PM, Atonchia said:

 

Slamming of gate can really be irritating..... Also if done it multiple times a day.... 

Both need each other to escalate the situation until point of no return.

There was similar case of corner unit male neighbour killing next door female neighbour because she complain him slamming his gate each time he went out. 

https://mustsharenews.com/bukit-batok-murder-noise-issues/

https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/bukit-batok-murder-5-year-old-boy-was-fostered-out-getting-ready-live-mum-permanently

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[Windwaver]

  On 11/7/2024 at 2:58 PM, 13177 said:

Could be due to Kim was drunk. Nowadays many such cases of killing happened no matter due to whatever reason. Don't know if it is due to life is getting too stress now.

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To be fair, there are cases where people refuse to communicate to settle community disputes and push their luck too far not knowing that can make their neighbors snap.

I think there are more cases now not just because of social media but people are generally getting more self sufficient leading to selfishness.

That's why if a particular family or person shuts their neighbor out, they must be prepared what might eventually happen.

Frankly, it's not that difficult to solve disputes with neighbors as long as both are willing to communicate.