SINGAPORE: A man who killed a woman he desired and tried to have sex with her corpse was found guilty of murder on Friday (Feb 7).
Boh Soon Ho, 51, was sentenced to life imprisonment for strangling 28-year-old nurse Zhang Huaxiang with a bath towel in 2016.
AdvertisementAdvertisement[h=3]READ: 'I was very, very angry': Man accused of killing woman describes rage at discovering 2 other men in her life[/h]He had considered the woman his girlfriend, after “dating” her for years.
He killed her in his rented flat after inviting her over for steamboat on Mar 21, 2016.
This was after she rejected his advances for sex and told him it was normal for her to be intimate with her ex-boyfriend.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter he killed her, he stripped her, took nude photos of her and tried to have sex with her corpse.
Justice Pang Khang Chau accepted the prosecution’s case that the murder charge was made out.
He rejected the defence’s arguments that Boh had been provoked and that he had diminished responsibility.
While he accepted that Boh had lost self-control, he did not find that the provocation was grave enough to warrant a defence.
[h=3]READ: I let out a loud shout, says landlord who discovered dead woman in his bedroom[/h]The prosecutors had submitted for life imprisonment, while defence lawyers Eugene Thuraisingam, Chooi Jing Yen and Hamza Malik argued that there was no premeditation, and that Boh was deeply remorseful.
He had been arrested in Malaysia after fleeing there, leaving the body in the room to be later discovered by his landlord.
The defence told CNA that it intends to appeal against the conviction and sentence.
For murder, Boh could have been sentenced to death, or life imprisonment. He cannot be caned as he is above 50.
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