Singapore: A Singaporean man from 44-year-old Indian was jailed for two and a half years for stealing the excavator and tried to sell it to a heavy vehicle repair in March 2018, according to a media report.
After making theft, the Lokanathan Nanthakumaran fled to Malaysia and was arrested only two years later, reported today’s newspaper.
He was punished on Thursday.
Court documents did not state how he stole heavy construction equipment, which was worth around 31,000 Singapore dollars, according to the report.
The court heard that the construction company of the RAM Brothers Constructions and the trade rented it and finally left it along the route outside the 14 roadsman in Jurong Industrial Area on March 28, 2018.
The next day, representatives from the company examined the Global Excavator positioning system and.
Realizing that it was in the place of dealers with used vehicle parts Hon Li Hin Enterprise, in the Kranji industrial area.
The closed circuit television camera record shows that Nanthakumaran carries the excavator into the complex that day before leaving.
Nanthakumaran before approaching Mok Fook Wah, a third party’s heavy vehicle repair, to sell excavators.
Mok then referred him to Junder Hong Chua, director Hon Li Hin Enterprise.
Nanthakumaran calls JWA with his sales pitch on March 25, 2018, three days before the excavator is lost.
He followed Jway’s request to send the vehicle to his place.
However, before he could receive money, RAM Brothers restored the excavator from JWA on March 30, 2018.
Nanthakumaran went for Malaysia that day when he learned that the police were looking for him.
He was arrested at the Woodlands checkpoint only on April 17 last year.
Deputy Prosecutor Chee Ee Ling asked for a prison position consisting of two and a half to three years, noting that Nanthakumaran had been offended immediately after his release from seven years of corrective training in January 2018 due to theft efforts.
Corrective training, usually given to custom violators, carrying a five-year prison term.
The initial release for good behavior is not allowed.
In mitigation, the lawyer Nanthakumaran Justin Phua argues that his client finally does not get financially from theft and do it out of “poverty, ignorance and despair.” In punishing him, District Judge Eugene Teo considered the initial protection of Nanthakumaran from guilt and that the excavator recovered immediately after theft, which reduced his losses caused by his actions.
The judge also warned Nanthakumaran not to “end up in the same situation again.”