Singaporean man who ran over cyclist in Perth sentenced to jail for 5 years 9 months

Published Nov 02, 2026, 07:34 PM

Updated Nov 02, 2026, 07:34 PM

SINGAPORE - A Singaporean has been sentenced to five years and nine months’ jail after running over a cyclist in Perth in 2024.

Ng Jing Kai, 29, who had earlier pleaded guilty to manslaughter in August, was handed the sentence on the morning of Nov 2 in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

His sentence was backdated to when he was first arrested on May 24, 2024. He has been held in custody in Australia since.

On June 21, 2024, he was initially charged with murder before the charge was later reduced.

He was first charged in lower court, but media reports in 2024 said that he was later an inmate at the Hakea Prison , a maximum security facility in Canning Vale, Western Australia.

Ng arrived in Perth for a holiday with his family and friends on May 20, 2024.

He had planned to propose to his girlfriend during the trip, the court heard.

Ng, a former mathematics tutor, was driving a grey Kia Carnival in Carlisle, a suburb in Perth, when the incident happened at around 1.45pm on May 24, 2024.

The victim had stolen valuables, including an AirTag after breaking into the car a day earlier.

Ng and his family found the victim by tracking the AirTag, with Ng tailing him while he was on his e-bike.

Ng tailed the victim for about 10 minutes, while his girlfriend’s brother was on the phone updating the police.

The victim was later trapped under one of the car’s wheels after he fell and Ng accelerated his vehicle over the kerb.

Ng then continued to drive up to 25m, dragging the victim under the car for that distance.

Delivering Ng’s sentence, the judge said: “Using the car to pursue and confront (the victim) involved very poor decision making. The chase itself could easily have resulted in a serious accident. Trying to manoeuvre a large vehicle in close proximity to someone on an e-bike during a tense confrontation is also very dangerous.”

The judge noted that Ng is a person of prior good character, and that he had no criminal history in Western Australia or Singapore.

The Western Australia Police Force told The Straits Times in a previous interview that Ng had hit the cyclist with his car, “causing him to be dragged by the vehicle for a short distance, sustaining critical injuries”.

The cyclist, 48, was taken to Royal Perth Hospital, where he later died.

Police investigated the case as a possible property dispute, while Ng was accused of acting as a vigilante.

According to reports in Australia, Ng had accused the deceased of taking items from the car and refusing to return them.

Ng then chased down the cyclist and ran over him, before dragging his injured body for over 30m.

发布于 2026 年 11 月 2 日 晚上 7:34

更新于2026年11月2日晚上7:34

新加坡——一名新加坡男子因在2024年于珀斯驾车撞倒一名骑自行车者而被判处五年零九个月监禁。

29 岁的吴景凯 (Ng Jing Kai) 此前于 8 月承认过失杀人罪，于 11 月 2 日上午在西澳大利亚州最高法院被判刑。

他的刑期追溯至2024年5月24日他首次被捕之时。此后他一直被关押在澳大利亚。

2024年6月21日，他最初被控谋杀，后来指控被减轻。

他最初在下级法院被起诉，但2024年的媒体报道称，他后来成为西澳大利亚坎宁谷哈基亚监狱（一所最高安全级别的监狱）的囚犯。

2024年5月20日，吴先生与家人和朋友抵达珀斯度假。

法庭获悉，他原本计划在旅行期间向女友求婚。

2024 年 5 月 24 日下午 1 点 45 分左右，前数学辅导老师 Ng 驾驶一辆灰色起亚嘉华汽车在珀斯郊区卡莱尔发生事故。

受害者前一天撬开车门，偷走了包括AirTag在内的贵重物品。

吴和他的家人通过追踪 AirTag 找到了受害者，吴​​当时骑着电动自行车跟踪他。

吴某尾随受害者约 10 分钟，期间他女友的哥哥正在打电话向警方汇报情况。

受害者摔倒后被困在车轮下，而吴某加速驾车冲上路缘。

随后，吴继续驾车行驶了25米，将受害者拖在车下行驶了这段距离。

法官在宣判吴某的刑罚时表示：“驾车追逐并与（受害者）对峙是极其糟糕的决策。追逐本身就极有可能导致严重事故。在紧张的对峙中，试图驾驶大型车辆靠近骑电动自行车的人也是非常危险的。”

法官指出，吴先生此前品行良好，在西澳大利亚州或新加坡均无犯罪记录。

西澳大利亚警方在之前接受《海峡时报》采访时表示，吴某驾车撞倒了骑自行车的人，“导致骑自行车的人被车辆拖行了一小段距离，身受重伤”。

这名48岁的自行车骑行者被送往珀斯皇家医院，后因伤势过重不治身亡。

警方将此案作为可能的财产纠纷进行调查，而吴某则被指控充当私刑者。

据澳大利亚媒体报道，吴某曾指控死者从车里拿走物品并拒绝归还。

随后，吴追上骑自行车的人，将其碾压，然后拖着受伤的身体走了30多米。