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Australia jails Singaporean tourist for fatally driving over man who stole backpack

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Tuesday, November 3, 2026 at 1:20 AM · 1 min read
Australia jails Singaporean tourist for fatally driving over man who stole backpack — Sydney Business news

A 29-year-old Singaporean man was sentenced to five years and nine months’ jail in Australia on Monday after he killed a man who stole a backpack from his rental car. Lincoln Ng Jing Kai chased the man in a car and knocked him off his e-bike before driving over him. He was originally charged with murder, but pleaded guilty to manslaughter in August after prosecutors agreed to accept the lesser charge. Sentencing him, Judge Terence Palmer said Ng’s actions “involved an element of taking the law...

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