Canadian who robbed StanChart bank in Singapore gets 5 years' jail and 6 strokes of the cane


Canadian David James Roach arriving in Singapore on March 17 last year, after his extradition from Britain. - SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A Canadian man who escaped with more than S$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 on Wednesday (July 7).

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.

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