A crime that shocked many ended with a more shocking conclusion. A youth hatch a robbery plan and arranges a watch buyer through Carousell before attacking the buyer with a penknife and attempting to snatch two bags of money containing $100,000
20-year-old Terry Tong Hong Zhi was sentenced to 12 months of reformative training. If Terry is 21-years-old he could have been sentenced to 20 years in jail and 12 strokes of the rotan
Background
This robbery occurred at around 10:25 pm on July 13 2021, along Gerald Drive near Yio Chu Kang.
The 20-year-old young man posted on the Internet claiming that he has a watch worth SGD$100,000 for sale and then asked the buyer to bring cash to the deal.
Tong researched online and look for models that are expensive, he then listed a Patek Philippe Nautilus on Carousell with a slightly lower market price. A 33-year-old Vietnamese national was interested for the deal and they arrange for a meet up at Gerald Drive.
The victim prepared SGD$100,000 in cash and place it in a bag and walked toward the designated meeting place. He then sends a text message to inform the 20-year-old that he has arrived.
Slash
After meeting up with the victim, he use his knife to attack the victim which caused a laceration on the victim’s face while trying to grab one of the bags containing $50,000 in cash.
After failing to rob the man, the teen ran off to his E-bike only get arrested two days later.