{
  "id": 17886883,
  "title": "Australia jails Singaporean tourist for fatally driving over man who stole backpack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/australia-jails-singaporean-tourist-for-fatally-driving-over-man-who",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T01:20:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3373054/australia-jails-singaporean-tourist-fatally-driving-over-man-who-stole-backpack"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Singaporean tourist, Lincoln Ng Jing Kai, was jailed for five years and nine months in Australia after fatally running over a man who had stolen his backpack from his rental car. The incident occurred in Perth, Western Australia, in May 2024. Ng pursued the man, Mark John Burnes, in his car after learning that Burnes had broken into the rental car and stolen the backpack containing a passport, iPad, cash, and an AirTag tracker. Despite being advised that Burnes was trapped under the car, Ng continued to drive forward, dragging the man under the vehicle. Burnes was pronounced dead at the hospital. The judge acknowledged Ng's lack of criminal history and expressed sympathy for his actions under pressure, but emphasized that he should have stopped immediately upon realizing the car was moving forward instead of reversing.",
  "summary": "A 29-year-old Singaporean man was sentenced to five years and nine months’ jail in Australia on Monday 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…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Singaporean jailed in Australia for driving over man who stole backpack, killing him",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/singaporean-jailed-in-australia-for-driving-over-man-who-stole",
        "published": "2026-11-02T14:22:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}