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Neo used fishing knife to defend himself
NEO Eng Kiat was eating a snack and browsing through handphone
accessories at a night market at Serangoon North Avenue 3 when he
was approached by Raymond Yap Choon Teck, 23, at about 7.30pm on 29
Aug, 2003.
Yap, a salesman, mistook Neo, 26, for a man who had assaulted him
previously.
Yap and his friend, Tan Boon Kwang, who was unemployed, then
attacked Neo.
Neo managed to escape towards the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3
and Serangoon North Avenue 3, a short distance away. But he ran
into the same duo there.
Another fight broke out.
This time, Neo realised he had a knife in his jeans pocket and
stabbed Yap repeatedly on his legs after the latter fell.
Yap and his friend took a taxi to Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital but
he died at 8.10pm.
An autopsy showed that Yap had died of stab injuries to the
arteries in his left thigh.
In his mitigation, Neo's lawyer, Mr Kertar Singh, said that his
client was at the mercy of his assailants, whom he described as 'a
bunch of bullies'.
Mr Singh also pointed out that Yap had taken ketamine on the night
of the attack.
'The accused, who had never been placed in a situation like this,
acted on impulse when he found his personal safety and life in
danger,' Mr Singh said.
Neo was charged with one count of culpable homicide not amounting
to murder.
Another charge of voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon
was taken into consideration during sentencing.
He could have been jailed for life.
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yourself in the man's shoes, stupid judges.
