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A retiree not only snatched a gold necklace off a woman, he was able to escape from two much younger pursuers. But police managed to trace him through his mobile phone which led to his arrest. On Monday, Woon Yin Meng, 78, was fined a total of $5,000 for theft and causing hurt to Madam Tang Sweet Kun, reports The Straits Times. A community court heard that Woon was living with his son in the Maysprings condominium in Bukit Panjang. On April 21 last year, while returning to the apartment at 8am, he noticed Madam Tang, 76, who was carrying bags of groceries and had a gold necklace around her neck. Woon followed her and at the void deck along Ganges Road, he grabbed her neck with his left hand and ripped off the necklace with the other hand. He also pushed her forward, causing her to fall to the floor and bruising her forehead. Two passers-by, aged 46 and 52 years old, cornered him but he threatened them with a kitchen knife and fled into the condominium. They gave chase but lost sight of him. Woon, however, dropped his mobile phone while getting away. Police used it to establish his identity and arrested him five hours later. He also dropped the necklace and it was never recovered. Its value could not be determined. Asking the court to impose a fine, defence counsel Sankar Saminathan said that Woon was a gambling addict and had committed the offences after his son refused to give him money. He had received counselling at the Institute of Mental Health and has stopped gambling, the lawyer added. In passing sentence, District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan said that he agreed with defence counsel that a jail term would not be appropriate and a high fine would suffice. The maximum penalty for theft is a three-year jail term and a $10,000 fine and for causing hurt is a two-year jail term and a $5,000 fine. The two charges for committing criminal intimidation by threatening the two bystanders with a knife were taken into consideration by the judge when passing sentence. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/78-year-old-retiree-fined-5000-snatching-necklace-and-injuring-victim-

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_739656.html Gahmen fault again!!!

A 30-year-old man was sentenced to a year in jail on Monday for snatch theft, despite his attempt to evade arrest by hiding in an uncovered manhole that he had accidentally fallen into. Muhammad Ibrahim Abdul Kafoo, 30, had pleaded guilty to snatching the handbag of lawyer Lesley Fu in April outside Chijmes near City Hall. On April 29, he walked towards Ms Fu and ran off after grabbing her red handbag. She went after the thief with two police officers, but they lost sight of him near some road works being carried out near Saint Andrew's Cathedral. It turned out that the man had fallen through an uncovered manhole at the worksite, and decided it was a good place to lay low till his pursuers gave up. He stayed hidden for about 15 minutes, emerged completely soaked, and took a taxi back home. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/courts-crime/story/snatch-thief-hid-sewer-later-caught-and-jailed-one-year-offence-20

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/...-theft-20130422 77-year-old man arrested for case of snatch theft Published on Apr 22, 2013 7:10 PM Police arrested a 77-year-old man on Sunday afternoon for snatching a gold chain off a female victim at the void deck of a flat along Gangsa Road. The suspect pounced on his victim from behind at about 8.35am on Sunday morning, and shouts from her caught the attention of two individuals nearby, who managed to note his appearance and the direction he ran off to. Police arrested him in the same vicinity less than five hours later. He will be charged in court on Tuesday. If convicted for snatch theft, the man faces a maximum jail term of seven years and may also be caned.

PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA: A video footage of a snatch theft that happened at shocking speed in Section 16 here has gone viral on social networking websites after it was uploaded on YouTube last week. The 23-second video clip shows two men on a motorcycle approaching the passenger side of a car which is in a queue at a traffic light junction. The pillion rider is seen smashing the side window before grabbing a bag and speeding off within seconds. Snatch theft on M'sia road goes viral Click on thumbnail to view (Photos: YouTube) The clip was apparently shot from another vehicle trailing a few cars behind the victim

This afternoon at the usual packed MBS carpark while searching for a lot i turn into a dead end, while i was about to reverse out. I was lucky that a family was walking over to their porche, so i inch forward 5 meters to wait for them to drive off. 10secs later a lady in a nissan sylphy drove up by my side wound down her window and tells me that she has been following the family to their lot. I replied her but my car was here. She seems pissed off but still with a smile gesturing the take it take it hand sign paused for 3 secs and she says "if it makes your day" then wound up her window reverse out and drove away. Well i did not reply her and wound up my window too. So i shall ask, did i snatch her lot as she reckon?

CNA Snatch theft suspect nabbed after manhunt SINGAPORE: Police arrested a 52-year-old man on Wednesday morning for suspected snatch theft after a manhunt. He was arrested after a member of the public provided valuable leads on his identity. Police said the victim, a 75-year-old woman, was walking at the void deck of Block 88 in Redhill Close at about noon on Tuesday when the suspect came from behind and tried to snatch her handbag. The suspect failed and fled the scene. Police officers searched the areas around Block 88 and cordoned off the lift lobby. At one point, there were over 10 police vehicles in the area, including two vans from the Police Dog Unit. As officers led dogs around the area to try to sniff out the suspect's trail, curious residents crowded around the block. The breakthrough came when enquiries with a member of the public provided valuable information about the suspect's identity. Police arrested the suspect at a unit in Block 88 at about 1.45am on Wednesday. He will be charged in court on Thursday. - CNA/cc

Feb 22, 2011 M'sia snatch thief's private parts severed in accident KUALA LUMPUR - IT WAS a gory end for a snatch thief who died with his private parts severed in a collision at Ampang Jaya between his getaway motorcycle and the victim's car. The police and passers-by found the body of the 35-year-old suspect in a drain, with his penis almost crushed and detached from his body. His pants had been ripped from his body in the accident. His accomplice, who was riding pillion, suffered body injuries. The incident happened soon after the 28-year-old victim was locking the gate to leave her home in Taman Mega Jaya in Ampang on Monday. She had left the bag in her Toyota Vios, while the car engine was on. A man suddenly appeared, opened the car door and snatched the bag. The woman tried to fight back but was kicked in the abdomen. Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Amirruddin Jamaluddin said the woman then got into her car and gave chase before blocking them. The two men were caught off-guard and rammed right into the victim's car resulting in both of them being flung from the machine. The accident occurred about 200m from the woman's house. -- THE STAR/ANN Damn funny sia.

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I know this have been posted many times, but i would just like to share a first hand encounter a few hrs back at 930pm in JB. Was with another friend in a shell petrol kiosk about 4km away from checkpoint, it was populated with Singapore cars as usual, brightly lit. So didnt think much about safety issue. I took my wallet out to take my credit card for pumping of petrol, this guy in shell uniform told me to take the card n put my wallet back into the car, which i did so. Thereafter he warned me that it is v dangerous n that i should lock my car, he even asked me to warn my friend to shut the boot cause it is not safe. I really thought he was being over worried, bt just as my friend close the boot n i was about to lock the car, i heard a shout from the other side of the car, the next thing i know was that my friend was on the ground, holding on to her bag with the man trying to snatch it away, n in a second he gave up n sped away with another man who was on a motorbike. *my friend said the man open the car door n took the bag, she snatch it away from him* before that i was thought, it would never happen to me.... but now.... it would happen to anyone.