[1] A total of S$30,045 was stolen, and the perpetrator, David James Roach, a Canadian national, fled Singapore on the same day to Bangkok, Thailand.
The extradition carried a promise to the British government not to mete out corporal punishment on Roach when found guilty.
The caning was subsequently remitted through the exercise of the President's clemency powers, thus fulfilling the promise to the British government.
David James Roach, a Canadian born in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, had been backpacking since 2015 before arriving in Singapore on 29 June 2016.
He approached a pregnant bank teller with a note which read, "This is a robbery, I have a weapon, give me money, don't call the police.
The taxi brought him back to his hostel where he collected his personal belongings and left for Changi Airport.
[8] As Singapore had issued a warrant of arrest for Roach, Thailand cancelled his rights to stay in the country, and detained him for seven days in an immigration detention centre.
[3] Instead, Thai authorities decided to charge and sentence Roach for violating currency regulations and money laundering.
[14] Roach was assessed by two psychiatrists to have major depressive disorder, and it was a "contributory factor" in committing the robbery.