By Elena Chong
A BURGLAR fell to his death from the fifth-floor kitchen window
to escape from police who had arrived at the scene, a coroner's
court heard on Tuesday.
Sahlan Eksan, 30, unemployed, had broken into the flat at Block
34 Telok Blangah Way on Feb 26, barely two months after his release
from prison.
He was convicted and jailed for 14 months in Feb last year for
causing hurt to a public servant, obscene film and fraudulent
possession.
A coroner's inquiry heard that two cops arrived at the block
following a call at about noon that a man had climbed into a unit
through a window.
On seeing Sahlan looking out of the unit's missing window panel,
the officers ordered him to come out but he walked towards the
kitchen and climbed out of the window ledge.
His body was found on the ground level and he was pronounced
dead shortly. Tucked in his briefs was a digital camera belonging
to an occupant of the unit.
State Coroner Victor Yeo recorded a verdict of misadventure on
his death.
