Man in month-long coma after traffic row dies

[Cupid]

yes, bro. seems like there's eyes witness(passerby) gave the statement

[Duckrice]

hey, i also from 2 sig and i also a storman last time in my ns time...

[Vit4wd]

Any news on the outcome of this case?

[Turbonetics]

just heard this case over the news that the trial is starting soon.

the taxi driver faces a maximum of 2 years jail term.isn't it too light a sentence?

[Mzrmazda3]

the taxi driver faces a maximum of 2 years jail term.

 

2 years niah

 

KNN

[Watwheels]

I just read it on today's ST Home section. I got mixed feelings after reading it.

 

What the victim did was quite unusual and doctors say the victim smelt of alcohol. Witness also said no words were exchanged between the 2 men.

 

As for the jail sentence, I believe our traffic rules which involves death by accident are not harsh to begin with.

 

Whatever the outcome our judicial system will tend to side the victim's.

[Nutty]

Meaning to say if one has the intent to commit murder, he can get off lightly by making it looks like a traffic accident.

[Watwheels]

 

intent to commit murder

 

Sorry pal u said it yourself. If your motive is murder and is found out, I dun think u can get it off lightly.

[Turbonetics]

but then i think it was proven that the taxi driver hit him deliberately.

the mazda driver was not killed in the traffic accident altogether.

[Nutty]

Let's compare the 2 Mazda incidents.

 

Regan Lee, no doubt highly hated here, has no intent on causing the Mazda SE to die.

 

Taxi Driver knew that the mazda driver was standing in front of his taxi, yet he bochup and simply ran him over. Doesn't that constitute to murder?

Edited October 2, 2007 by Nutty

[Turbonetics]

precisely.KNNCCB.

moreover,he was using vehicle as a weapon.

[Turbonetics]

when i heard the news,i was comparing the two actually.

taxi driver is worst in my opinion with the intention.

initially he move slowly then stop,then move abit and then run him over.

obviously it was not an accident.

[Galantspeedz]

intent i think means pre-planned.

 

and i will say higher chance that it is a freak accident.

 

anyway, so the deceased is absolved of all responsibility just because he is deceased?

[Nutty]

Let's imagine this scenario.

 

A insults B.

 

B angry, kills A.

 

 

Does that make B a lesser murderer? (No doubt that A could have provoked B)

 

 

I'm just wondering how our justice system views this.

[Turbonetics]

intent can be pre-planned or on purpose.

[Watwheels]

There is no motive to kill. It cannot be considered as murder.

 

But A is the one who initiated the fight. B mostly likely to get away with manslaughter if he accidentally kills A.

 

The key to such trial is motive. Only if there's intent to kill to be considered as murder.

Edited October 2, 2007 by Watwheels

[Galantspeedz]

the scenario should be.

 

A insults B

 

B insults back A

 

A takes knife to scare B

 

B takes knife and stab B to death...

 

Is it really 100% B's fault? Isn't it a game of dare?

[Turbonetics]

so let's assume that the taxi driver did not have the intention to kill,but do have the intention to cause bodily injuries.

in the end,the man died due to those injuries.

is it manslaughter?

Edited October 2, 2007 by Turbonetics