Man faces death sentence if convicted of murder at Peony Mansion
By Ong Dai Lin | Posted: 19 March 2010 1958 hrs

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SINGAPORE: A 34-year-old Indian national was charged in court on Friday with the murder of a Filipino woman.

Gopinathan Nair Remadevi Bijukumar is said to have caused the death of Roselyn Reyes Pascua.

Ms Pascua was found stabbed in the chest in a fifth-floor unit of Peony Mansion at Bencoolen Street early on Monday.

If convicted, he faces the mandatory death penalty.

He will appear in court again on March 26.

- CNA/sc