Two men who were sentenced to hang for stabbing a cabby...

Two men who were sentenced to hang for stabbing a cabby to death with a bayonet in August 2001 had their appeals dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
The High Court had meted out the death penalty to the two, Ibrahim Mohamed, 35, and Rosli Ahmat, 30, in September 2001, after Justice M.P.H. Rubin found them guilty of murder.
A third man, Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian, 34, who faces the same sentence for the crime, withdrew his appeal.
On August 8, 2000, the three stopped Koh Ngiap Yong's taxi and asked to be taken to Chestnut Avenue, where they threatened him at gunpoint, handcuffed him and stabbed him repeatedly.
They had planned to use the taxi as a getaway vehicle during an armed robbery.
Arguing Ibrahim's case, lawyer Luke Lee said that the man did not know that his accomplices had planned to kill the 42-year-old cabby. He did not even know they were carrying a bayonet.
Rosli's lawyer, David Rasif, said that his client was threatened by Wan Kamil at gunpoint to stab the cabby.
But Deputy Public Prosecutor Lawrence Ang said that all three men had discussed the weapons they were going to use and their individual roles during the armed robbery, so Ibrahim knew of the bayonet.
He also added that there was no evidence Rosli was threatened and he was, 'at all times, a willing participant'.