S'porean, 29, who ran over & killed cyclist who stole backpack in Australia, jailed 5 years & 9 months
He accelerated believing that the car's transmission was in reverse, and ran him over.
A 29-year-old Singaporean man, Lincoln Ng Jing Kai, has been sentenced to five years and nine months in prison for the manslaughter of a 48-year-old cyclist after mistakenly running him over in Perth, Western Australia. The incident occurred when Ng chased the cyclist, Mark John Burnes, who had stolen a backpack belonging to Ng's girlfriend's brother.
Initially charged with murder, Ng pleaded guilty to manslaughter in August. The court acknowledged that while Ng did not intend to seriously injure Burnes, his actions involved a degree of vigilantism.
Written by urgent.news from Mothership's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
