Singaporean sentenced to 5 years, 9 months' jail in Australia for fatally running over man who stole backpack
A Singaporean man who fatally ran over a cyclist while pursuing him over a stolen backpack in Perth, Australia, has been sentenced to five years and nine months' jail.Ng Jing Kai, 29, was sentenced by the Supreme Court of Western Australia on Monday (Nov 2), after pleading guilty to manslaughter in August, CNA reported.His sentence was backdated to May 24, 2024, the day he was arrested.Ng was initially charged with murder but the charge was later reduced to manslaughter after prosecutors accepted his guilty plea.In delivering the sentence, Judge Terence Palmer described Ng's actions as involving "a degree of vigilantism", saying his decision to pursue and confront the man amounted to taking the law into his own hands, The Straits Times reported.The judge said Ng had made a poor decision by pursuing the cyclist in a car, noting that such a chase could easily have resulted in a serious accident.