Recalcitrant offender involved in fatal Orchard Road brawl gets jail, caning

A man who has been in and out of jail for offences including being part of an unlawful assembly has been ordered to spend more time behind bars over his involvement in a fatal brawl in Orchard Road in 2023.

- Shaffiq Alkhatib Court Correspondent

Abdul Rahman Gani Abdul Azeez, 35, was out on bail over an unrelated assault case when he took part in the brawl around Concorde Hotel on Aug 20 that year.

Former bouncer Mohammad Isrrat Mohd Ismail, 29, who suffered multiple injuries, was unconscious when he was taken to hospital, where he died.

On Nov 26, Gani was sentenced to two years, six months and three weeks' jail, and three strokes of the cane.

Gani, who was part of a rioting group that ganged up against Mr Isrrat, had pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and one count of rioting.

Multiple members of the rioting group were dealt with in court earlier.

One of them, Asvain Pacan Pillai Sukumaran, 30, was earlier handed a murder charge after he allegedly killed Mr Isrrat by stabbing him multiple times with a knife. His case is pending.