19-year-old teenager charged with murdering his father

SINGAPORE: A 19-year-old teenager was charged in court on Wednesday (Oct 12) with murdering his father two days earlier.

The teen is accused of causing the death of his father, a 47-year-old man, on Oct 10.

The police said in an earlier statement that they received a call for help at about 7.05pm that day.

They found the victim lying motionless outside a residential unit along Yishun Avenue 4. He was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene.

He was arrested at the scene.

If found guilty of murder, he could be sentenced to death.