Ex-Singapore cop to hang after being convicted of double murder


Former Singapore police senior staff sergeant Iskandar Rahmat (C) leaves court on July 15, 2013 after being charged with two counts of murder.

Singapore (AFP) - A former Singapore policeman once portrayed as a model officer was sentenced to hang Friday for the gruesome double murder of a businessman and his son in a case that has shocked the city-state.

Ex-senior staff sergeant Iskandar Rahmat, 36, was found guilty of murdering car workshop owner Tan Boon Sin, 67, and his son Tan Chee Heong, 42, inside their home in July 2013 during a robbery that went awry.

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