Woman who shoplifted before charged again with theft
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Mar 25, 2011 - Straits Times
by Elena Chong
A WOMAN who has been placed on probation twice before for shoplifting because of her mental disorder, is back in court again for shop theft.
But Goh Lee Yin's case was adjourned to May as her psychiatric report was not ready.
The 30-year-old engineer's lawyer, Mr Choo Si Sen, applied for the adjournment on Friday as he was still waiting for the report from the Institute of Mental Health.
Counsel and Goh asked the court to order the media not to publish her photograph but Community Court Judge Ng Peng Hong rejected it.
Goh, who was previously diagnosed with kleptomania, has been accused of stealing a Gucci dress worth $3,199 from Gucci at Paragon on Dec 16 2010.
She also allegedly stole a Chanel classic bag worth $4,790 from the Chanel boutique at Ngee Ann City on Feb 24, and a $610 Emporio Armani sweater at Meritus Mandarin Gallery in December 2010.
The maximum penalty for theft in dwelling is a jail term of seven years and a fine.
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old habit die hard.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
old habit die hard.
ya lor -
this is called kleptomania? the insatiable urge to steal. She engineered her own downfall.
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this kleptomania thingy is SI BEH HAO SEOW to me loh.......
why she steal all the branded and expensive goods de leh......?
Can't she steal a cheaper brand like Giordano, Bossini....?
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Originally posted by Ä«Õß:¸ïÀë:
this kleptomania thingy is SI BEH HAO SEOW to me loh.......
why she steal all the branded and expensive goods de leh......?
Can't she steal a cheaper brand like Giordano, Bossini....?
this kleptomaniac got good taste.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
this kleptomaniac got good taste.
I think they misuse this ' kleptomania ' thingy lah...... and they seems to in great misery about being caught and claim they got this illness.....
PUI !!!!!!!!!!!
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give them the benefit of the doubt lah... do you know our behavoirs are based on certain chemical reactions from the brain, sometimes it is tough for us to control... to put into simplified terms, have you had days when you woke up feeling very irritable even though nobody piss you off, during those days whoever cross your path might feel your anger even they weren't a part of it... and if you take certain drugs, it may cause you to be in a different emotional state, for example you take esctacy and you feel in a state of happiness, so our actions/emotions are sometimes dictated by chemicals or dna from the brain... and this is exactly why some guys prefer guys to girls, it's not abnormal, it's just how their brain is wired to be that certain way of thinking... and then there are people who are always depressed and science has discovered it's due to some chemicals and they use drugs to counter the issue... what i am trying to say is, some behaviors may be caused by certain dna/chemical effecting on the brain... while i agree with some of you guys and obviously i dun condone certain actions but from a neutral point of view, sometimes people feel or do certain things beyond their control...
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wah si bei high class leh this one...
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Originally posted by Ä«Õß:¸ïÀë:
I think they misuse this ' kleptomania ' thingy lah...... and they seems to in great misery about being caught and claim they got this illness.....
PUI !!!!!!!!!!!
Malingering or feigning mental illnesses? -
Originally posted by Cerulean:
Malingering or feigning mental illnesses?both.
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Put her to chinatown, I beg sure she wont steal.
Put her at orchard, I beg sure she got full of things stuff in her bag.
Stealing is stealing, she will go to jail and at the same time, seek treatment.
But, shouldnt the jail term by reduce since she is suffering from....what is name call?