Man with uniform fetish jailed for stealing police jacket, bag in Singapore
Prosecutors sought a maximum sentence of eight weeks in jail, but a judge lowered it to two weeks on Tuesday
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Prosecutors sought a maximum sentence of eight weeks in jail, but a judge lowered it to two weeks on Tuesday
A Singaporean man with a “fetishistic interest” in service uniforms has been sentenced to two weeks in jail for stealing a police officer’s jacket in 2019 and another officer’s bag last year. What he did: Lam Seng Yip, 52, first swiped an unattended traffic jacket at around 9 p.m. on Sept. 20, 2019, while an officer responded to an accident at the intersection of Buangkok Green Road and Yio Chu Kang Road. Lam had already passed by the bike but returned half an hour later to grab the jacket costing 140 Singapore dollars (approximately $105), which reportedly had a ...
Lam Seng Yip, 52, was previously convicted in 2019 of stealing operational items from police and Aetos traffic marshalls and given a mandatory treatment order.