Fatal stabbing: Mum of victim seeks over $5,000 a month from in-law

Left:Tan Nam Seng was sentenced to 81/2 years' jail after he admitted to stabbing his son-in-law. Right: Son-in-law Spencer Tuppani was stabbed in the chest outside a Telok Ayer Street coffee shop in July 2017.
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The High Court has resumed hearing a case in which a mother is seeking more than $5,000 a month in damages and losses from an in-law who is now in jail for fatally stabbing her son.

Madam Tham Poh Kwai, 64, said she was dependent on her son, Spencer Tuppani, 39, who was stabbed in the chest outside a Telok Ayer Street coffee shop in July 2017 by his father-in-law, Tan Nam Seng.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 15, 2020, with the headline Fatal stabbing: Mum of victim seeks over $5,000 a month from in-law. Subscribe