Andrew Gosling

Andrew Gosling has been sentenced after he threw a wine bottle off an apartment block and killed a Singaporean father of four.

Richard, who was in jail for a financial crime, had to share with a paedophile. “You’re locked down 23 hours of the day,” he said. “In my view, a consecutive sentence is appropriate to give effect to the twin primary sentencing considerations of general deterrence and retribution.” The city-state is one of the most diverse countries in the world but grapples daily with an undercurrent of religious and racial division. Gosling’s parents, Ian and Pamela said the act was totally out of character for their son. As he drank more, the thought “crossed his mind” that he should use a weapon to shoot at the family around the barbecue, the court told.

SINGAPORE — A 49-year-old man was sentenced to five-and-a-half years' jail on Friday (April 8) for hurling a wine bottle from a condominium seventh-floor ...

The housewife had been heavily reliant on his salary as a deliveryman. After the court hearing, Mdm Manisah told reporters in Malay that she was thankful her four children were with her and that the family had no comments on the sentence. During investigations, he admitted that upon seeing the group, it crossed his mind to use a weapon like a gun to shoot them. The couple had been married for 45 years. Upon finding an empty wine bottle in the rubbish chute, he hurled it towards the group. A brain scan showed extensive bleeding in his brain, multiple skull fractures and extensive haemorrhaging. He has voluntarily paid compensation to the family to offset some of their expenses. Covid-19 restrictions had worsened her loneliness, prosecutors added. He died in hospital the next day from his injuries, while his spouse was seriously injured. Preserving and building inter-religious harmony in Singapore is sacrosanct and this could have a wider impact of causing unease among the broader Muslim community. When asked if they have forgiven Gosling, Mr Nas's brother, who did not want to be named, responded: "It’s hard to forgive. He confessed to throwing the bottle for two reasons: As an act of mischief as he wanted to startle the group when the bottle shattered on the ground, and due to his anger at terrorist acts committed by Islamic fundamentalist groups in Bali and Melbourne that had claimed the lives of Australians.

A Singaporean court has sentenced Andrew Gosling to five and a half years in prison for killing an elderly man and hurting his wife in an act the judge ...

They added he intended to appeal against the sentence. "He is not like that. The court had been told that Gosling admitted during the investigation he was "angry and upset" over Islamic militant attacks in Bali and Melbourne in which many Australians had died, and wanted to "startle" the group after identifying them as Muslims. The judge said he accepted the mitigating factors such as Gosling being "genuinely remorseful" for his actions after turning himself in to the authorities, his guilty plea and his voluntary compensation payment to the victims' family. - The court heard Gosling admitted he had been "angry and upset" over Islamic militant attacks in Bali and Melbourne A Singapore court has sentenced an Australian man to five and a half years in prison for killing an elderly man and hurting his wife with a thrown wine bottle, in what the judge called an act of religious hostility toward Muslims.

A Singapore court on Friday sentenced an Australian man to five and a half years in prison for killing an elderly Singaporean man and hurting his wife with ...

They added he intends to appeal the sentence. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Her children added that only time will heal and that they wish to move on from the incident. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Andrew Gosling was convicted of "causing death and grievous hurt by a rash act" for throwing a wine bottle at a group of people two storeys below him, striking a 73-year-old man and killing him in 2019. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

The victim's wife was also severely wounded from the wine bottle that ricocheted off the man's head.

A psychiatric report stated that Gosling's anti-Muslim thoughts at the time of the offences were "obsessive negative thoughts" that he was prone to when intoxicated, and was not a representation of his true feelings and intentions. Gosling was sentenced to four years' jail for causing the death of Nasiari, and 18 months for seriously injuring Nasiari's wife, to be served consecutively. He threw the wine bottle at the family to "startle" them, then ran from the scene and shouted crude and religiously charged vulgarities about Muslims. During investigations, Gosling admitted that he thought of using a weapon, "such as a gun", to shoot the group. The wine bottle that killed the 73-year-old delivery driver Nasiari Sunee, also ricocheted and severely wounded his wife, 69-year-old Manisah Sitri, whose arm had to be in a sling for two months. Gosling, now 49, was one month into his job search in Singapore when he got drunk and harboured hostile thoughts about the Muslim community, which led him to throw a wine bottle to startle a Malay-Muslim family gathered on the fifth-floor barbecue area at the Spottiswoode 18 condominium for a housewarming event, according to Today.

Andrew Gosling, 50, threw an empty wine bottle at a dinner gathering of ethnic Malay Muslims two floors below his apartment in August 2019, hitting Nasiari ...

The bottle ricocheted and struck his wife on the shoulder. Gosling had only been in Singapore for a month before the incident. The sentences are to run consecutively from the day he surrendered in 2019. Judge Victor Yeo Khee Eng said Gosling displayed a 'high degree of rashness' and disregarded the group's safety when he threw the bottle. The bottle Nasiari Sunee (pictured right, next to his wife) on the head. Nasiari, a 73-year-old delivery driver, suffered severe head injuries and died the next morning.