David James Roach, a 31-year-old Canadian man who robbed a Standard Chartered bank at Holland Village 5 years ago, was jailed yesterday (7 July) for 5 years and given 6 strokes of the cane.

Roach was 26 years old at the time (7 July 2016) and robbed the bank with just a piece of paper – he put his hand into his bag and pretended he had a gun.

He got away with $30,450 before fleeing to Bangkok on the same day, but was arrested in Thailand because be brought in more than US$20,000 in cash (including SGD) which is restricted.

He was then sentenced to 14 months jail after pleading guilty in Thailand.

He was released on 10 January 2018 before being taken to the UK while en route to Canada, but was detained while transiting through Britain because the Singapore Police put in an arrest request.

Roach was then handed over to the Singapore Police Force after the Singapore authorities agreed to the UK’s request not to cane Roach if he was found guilty.

Images source: Bangkok Immigration Authorities and Google Maps

A netizen posted a Facebook post stating her witnessing man people waiting for durians to drop and not wearing safety helmets. She took a couple of photos and stated that there were signboards warning the public of fruits dropping from trees.

Here is her Facebook post:

“Went for a walk at Yishun Park with my husband. Not long into the walk, we saw this group of fellow park visitors standing around some trees, well-spaced from one another. I had initially thought they were playing a game or about to start some group exercise and were strictly observing the prevailing safe distancing measures. But curious onlookers standing around looking at them made me realise there was more than meets the eye

They were actually waiting for the durians on the durian tree branches above them to fall! “Isn’t that dangerous? Shouldn’t they be wearing hard hats?” I asked my husband.

Not sure how workplace safety and health regulations will apply here! There were many durians up on the durian tree.

but we decided let’s not join in the (risky) wait. We went to a durian stall not too far from the park, and picked a couple of durians to enjoy at home instead. “

Image Source: Intan Mokhtar

Following the death of their father in 2019 and mother in 2013, three siblings in Singapore have been embroiled in a legal battle over the inheritance left behind by their parents.

The inheritance in question involved a semi detached house that was sold for $1.6 million in 2020 and a shophouse with a market price of $1.5 million.

In the wills of their parents, both properties were willed to their youngest son.

But the properties were co-owned by their parents and eldest brother.

The two younger siblings see the properties as part of their parents estate and not belonging solely to the eldest son.

The eldest son was made co-owner and made the downpayment for the semi-detached house, but the payments for the house was made largely by their parents.

The eldest son also claimed that he was his parents favourite because he graduated from Cambridge and excelled academically.

However, it is worth noting that according to the law, house ownership is automatically transferred to the surviving joint tenant upon the death of one of the owners.

Image source: Google Maps (Images used strictly for illustration purposes only)

A man received an unknown Whatsapp message from +44 (UK) on his phone and claimed that he has met the man some time ago in Singapore.

The message started out stating that they were acquainted 3 years ago at Marina Bay Park.

The man who receives the message was confused as he did not know when did an incident occurred and asked further.

The man soon realised that it was a scam and asked how many guys have been victims of the scam and what he received was insulted from the other party and even called him retarded.

A cozy relaxation “lepak” corner was set up at a multi storey carpark for motorists to chill and relax.

There are even sofas and shelves for riders to sit down and “lepak” after parking their bikes.

The lepak corner was seen at Block 292 Punggol Central Deck 1A.

Joms leggo.

Images source: SGRV

A heartwarming photo emerged online, making waves across social media.

A Foodpanda delivery rider was seen sitting down on what appears to be a bucket while having his lunch inside a lunchbox.

He then shared his food with a stray cat who came to his feet, feeding the little critter.

God bless this compassionate young man.

Being kind doesn’t cost a thing, but it’s the most priceless thing in the world.

Image and video source: @singapore_incidents on IG

A netizen shared how a YP littered by throwing newspapers on the road.

The cleaners then had to go onto the road to clean up after him, with there being heavy traffic at the time.

The incident happened near MacPherson LRT station earlier today at around 7.50am.

You can read the post in full below:

“I was on my way to school tdy & the dude in the jersey threw a stack of news paper next to the road and it flew every where and in the first pic u can see two cleaners going on the road jus to pick them up.

I’d like to address this as the cleaner went onto heavy traffic jus to pick up paper after paper I really salute the cleaner for picking them up and keeping our nation as clean as possible.

This was near MacPherson let station was take around 7:50. I took it when I was in bus 76, I jus feel that we need to speak up for the cleaners.”

Images source: @adminsgfollowsall

According to a court session, a Grab Food delivery rider was sentenced(July 5) to 7 weeks in prison and fined SGD$500 after colliding with a pedestrian on a footpath at Sengkang.

The female victim who works as a hairdresser suffered numerous injuries including a fractured pelvis & elbow, this has affected the woman’s livelihood as her job requires her to stand for lengthy periods of time.

38-year-old Samuel Lim Yong Choon admitted to the charges for causing grievous hurt by a rash act endangering personal safety and riding his E-scooter footpath.

How it happened

On 29 April 2020, Lim was speeding down the footpath of Rivervale Drive on his E-scooter at approximately 1.50 PM.

The victim was walking down the stairs from Kangkar LRT station to a walkway. Lim who was speeding saw the victim but did not slow down as at that moment he believed that he could maneuver his way through by speeding up like a MotoGP racer. He collided with the woman and the impact caused her to fall to the ground.

The victim who was weeping demanded Lim for his NRIC but he refused and tried to escape. A member of the public who witnessed the accident stopped Lim and he finally surrenders his NRIC.

Lim and a member of the public took the victim to a nearby clinic which cost SGD$50 and Lim foot the bill, she was later sent to the hospital the seriousness of her injuries which incurred a hospital bill of over SGD$930 and Lim has since repaid for it.