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Jail, caning, fine for man who robbed Jurong moneylender with 2 others
The Straits Times
|May 24, 2022
When his accomplices were hesitant about going through with a robbery, the 23-year-old cajoled them into it.
After Karrtik Stalniraj convinced Kotta Kumar Jeswanth, 20, and Tusheintar Segaran, 22, they robbed licensed moneylender OT Credit in Jurong East of $48,000 while armed with karambit knives in November 2020.
Yesterday, Karrtik was sentenced to five years, eight months and five weeks' jail and 12 strokes of the cane, and fined $3,000 for the armed robbery and unrelated offences.
The offences include stabbing another man, spitting at a police officer, meeting others for drinks during the circuit breaker period and stealing from a man who was sleeping in Jurong Central Park.
Kotta, who was a teenager at the time of the offence, was ordered to undergo reformative training, while Tusheintar was sentenced to two years' jail and six strokes of the cane.
This story is from the May 24, 2022 edition of The Straits Times.
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