A MAN who strangled and slapped a corpse across the cheek at a
funeral of his neighbour was jailed by a district court on
Friday.
Muhamad-Ali Mahmod, 35, unemployed, is believed to be the first
person to be convicted of offering indignity to a human corpse. He
was given 14 weeks for the offence, which is punishable with up to
three years and/or a fine, at Tampines on March 8.
He was jailed 16 weeks for stealing a $150 mobile phone from a
polytechnic student at the Sports Complex of Temasek Polytechnic on
Oct 23 last year, and 14 weeks for inhaling toluene on March
11.
