Snatch thief hid in sewer, but later caught & jailed 1 year

[Darthrevan]

A 30-year-old man was sentenced to a year in jail on Monday for snatch theft, despite his attempt to evade arrest by hiding in an uncovered manhole that he had accidentally fallen into.

Muhammad Ibrahim Abdul Kafoo, 30, had pleaded guilty to snatching the handbag of lawyer Lesley Fu in April outside Chijmes near City Hall.

On April 29, he walked towards Ms Fu and ran off after grabbing her red handbag. She went after the thief with two police officers, but they lost sight of him near some road works being carried out near Saint Andrew's Cathedral.

It turned out that the man had fallen through an uncovered manhole at the worksite, and decided it was a good place to lay low till his pursuers gave up. He stayed hidden for about 15 minutes, emerged completely soaked, and took a taxi back home.

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/courts-crime/story/snatch-thief-hid-sewer-later-caught-and-jailed-one-year-offence-20

[Mustank]

is this the same guy in the homeless tread?

[Coltplussport]

is this the same guy in the homeless tread?

 

 

Haha, somehow I thought related to that.

[Darthrevan]

is this the same guy in the homeless tread?

 

probably not as this thief has a home

[Xefera]

Wah! Taxi driver eh-tahan the stench meh?

[Naimed]

Wah! Taxi driver eh-tahan the stench meh?

 

Drive Tek Si also not easy...have to smell sai for the entire journey and then need to clean up afterwards.

[BabyBlade]

 

A 30-year-old man was sentenced to a year in jail on Monday for snatch theft, despite his attempt to evade arrest by hiding in an uncovered manhole that he had accidentally fallen into.

Muhammad Ibrahim Abdul Kafoo, 30, had pleaded guilty to snatching the handbag of lawyer Lesley Fu in April outside Chijmes near City Hall.

On April 29, he walked towards Ms Fu and ran off after grabbing her red handbag. She went after the thief with two police officers, but they lost sight of him near some road works being carried out near Saint Andrew's Cathedral.

It turned out that the man had fallen through an uncovered manhole at the worksite, and decided it was a good place to lay low till his pursuers gave up. He stayed hidden for about 15 minutes, emerged completely soaked, and took a taxi back home.

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/courts-crime/story/snatch-thief-hid-sewer-later-caught-and-jailed-one-year-offence-20

 

 

So anti-climax. He took a cab home and then..............................?

[frenchfly]

How come he never rob the cab driver 来一个,一不做,二不修

[Ktglfc]

 

So anti-climax. He took a cab home and then..............................?

 

Took a cab home and then he went bathroom to wash up, becos its damned smelly

Cannot write this lah, no interest to public lor

 

Anyway, its very dangerous to fall into a manhole !

If its deep, he will suffer fall from height and could have injured his legs.

In addition, there is poison gases inside a manhole, methane gas that could kill him.

 

So, he is lucky to survive and deserve to go enjoy 1-year break in jail

[Kusje]

 

So anti-climax. He took a cab home and then..............................?

 

Here is the rest of it. But bloody hell.... Still doesn't say how he got caught!

 

 

Muhammad Ibrahim was sentenced to a year in jail on Monday after pleading guilty to the April 29 snatch theft, an offence carries a jail term of between one and seven years and caning. His total punishment is seven years in prison and five strokes of the cane, after including that for two unrelated drug offences and a count of driving under disqualification. Muhammad Ibrahim was given a driving ban of three years for the last offence. Four other charges were taken into consideration. Investigations revealed he snatched Ms Fu's red handbag because he needed money to pay for traffic fines. The $240 bag was eventually recovered soaked in mud, with an office access card, toilet key and red iPod Nano missing from it.

[Mustank]

 

Took a cab home and then he went bathroom to wash up, becos its damned smelly

Cannot write this lah, no interest to public lor

 

Anyway, its very dangerous to fall into a manhole !

If its deep, he will suffer fall from height and could have injured his legs.

In addition, there is poison gases inside a manhole, methane gas that could kill him.

 

So, he is lucky to survive and deserve to go enjoy 1-year break in jail

While he is in sai, he should relac and light one stick up

Jit bahhhhhhhhhhh booooooooommmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!

 

Here is the rest of it. But bloody hell.... Still doesn't say how he got caught!

 

One year later he still like sai

So he see lawyer wanting to sue pwd

But end up it was same lawyer who recognize him!!!!

[Watwheels]

 

So anti-climax. He took a cab home and then..............................?

That's sh!tty times for you. Pay to read the full article.

 

Hiding in the sewers are traits of mas selamat. I think he learn from the best. LoL...

[Darthrevan]

So, he is lucky to survive and deserve to go enjoy 1-year break in jail

 

free R&R for 1 year sponsored by the state

[BabyBlade]

That's sh!tty times for you. Pay to read the full article.

 

Hiding in the sewers are traits of mas selamat. I think he learn from the best. LoL...

 

No I will not pay for it. I am a very stingy person. I will wait for people to spoon feed news to me.