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StanChart robber David Roach s caning sentence set aside to fulfil assurance given to UK
David Roach was extradited to Singapore from the UK on Mar 16, 2020. (Photo: Singapore Police Force)
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SINGAPORE: Standard Chartered Bank robber David James Roach has had his caning sentence set aside to fulfil the assurance given by Singapore to the UK in his extradition proceedings.
No alternative punishment will be imposed on Roach in lieu of caning, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Sunday (Jul 25).
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Canadian who robbed StanChart will not be caned; S pore gave assurance to Britain to secure his extradition
David James Roach arrived in Singapore on March 17, 2021, after being extradited from Britain.PHOTOS: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE, THE NEW PAPER
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July 25, 2021
David James Roach (right), now 31, had fled Singapore soon after the robbery, where he made off with $30,000.
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David James Roach, the Canadian sentenced to five years jail and six strokes of the cane for robbing a bank of more than $30,000 in 2016, has been spared the cane.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Sunday (July 25) that Roach, who committed the Standard Chartered Bank robbery which took place on July 7, 2016, had his sentence of caning remitted on Saturday.
This is because the Singapore Government had assured Britain that any corporal sentence on Roach, who had fled Singapore, would not be carried out in order to secure his extradition.
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Singapore has very low crime rates and the bank robbery had sparked debate about whether the wealthy Southeast Asian city state had become too complacent about security.
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David James Roach, now 31, fled Singapore on the same day as the robbery, but was later detained in Britain where authorities agreed to extradite him in March last year on the condition that he would not receive corporal punishment.
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A Canadian man who escaped with more than $30,000 after robbing a Standard Chartered Bank branch in Holland Avenue on July 7, 2016, was sentenced to five years jail and six strokes of the cane yesterday.
However, he may not be caned as the Government had assured Britain that any corporal sentence would not be carried out to secure his extradition, and said last night that it was working through the necessary procedures to fulfil this assurance.
David James Roach, now 31, who fled Singapore soon after the robbery, had earlier pleaded guilty to one count each of robbery and moving his criminal gains out of Singapore.