Ng pursued the suspect, Mark John Burnes, by car through Carlisle for approximately 10 minutes while a passenger in the vehicle stayed on the phone with emergency dispatchers. After initially striking Burnes off his bicycle on a grass verge, Ng claimed he mistakenly left the vehicle in drive rather than reverse. The car accelerated forward, trapping Burnes underneath and dragging him roughly 25 meters down the road before bystanders intervened. Burnes subsequently succumbed to his injuries in the hospital, leading to Ng pleading guilty to manslaughter.
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Lincoln Ng Jing Kai received a sentence of five years and nine months in prison after ple…: Lincoln Ng Jing Kai received a sentence of five years and nine months in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
Justice Terence Palmer noted that the fatal confrontation involved vigilantism and an ele…: Justice Terence Palmer noted that the fatal confrontation involved vigilantism and an element of taking justice into personal hands.
Mark John Burnes was initially knocked from an e-bike before being fatally trapped and dr…: Mark John Burnes was initially knocked from an e-bike before being fatally trapped and dragged beneath the rental car.
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The judge said the decision to confront the man and knock him off his e-bike involved "a degree of vigilantism".
SINGAPORE: A 29-year-old Singaporean man was sentenced to five years and nine months' jail in Australia on Monday (Nov 2) after he killed a man who stole a backpack from his rental car.
Lincoln Ng Jing Kai chased the man in a car and knocked him off his e-bike, before driving over him.
He was originally charged with murder, but pleaded guilty to manslaughter in August after prosecutors agreed to accept the lesser charge.
Sentencing him, Judge Terence Palmer said Ng's actions "involved an element of taking the law into your own hands and a degree of vigilantism", even if he did not intend to seriously injure him and he was expecting the police to arrive.
The Supreme Court of Western Australia heard that Ng was on an eight-day holiday in Perth with his girlfriend and her family and had planned to propose to her. They rented a car to use during their holiday.
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