British businessman Michael McCrea
sitting in a police van leaving the Subordinate Courts. He killed
his driver
and a Chinese national, and was sentenced to a total of
24 years in jail.
(Photo Zaobao file)
Accomplice: Audrey Ong Pei Ling was sentenced to 12 years’ jail
after she pleaded guilty
to two charges of helping McCrea dispose of
the two bodies.
(Police file photo)
The wicker basket containing the
body of Mr Kho was placed in the back of McCrea’s Daewoo. McCrea had
removed the seat so that the basket could fit in the space. It was
then covered with a piece of cloth. A
dumbbell was placed in it by Ong to weigh the basket down if it was to be disposed of in water.
(Photo The Straits Times)
The decomposing bodies of a man and a woman were found in a silver
Daewoo Chairman left unattended
for days in the carpark of Orchard
Towers. The man’s body was in a wicker basket left on the back seat,
while the woman’s body was discovered in the boot.
(Photo The Straits Times)
The Pinewood Gardens apartment in Balmoral Park where the double
killing took place
just after New Year in 2002.
(Photo The Straits Times)
The victims
Mr Kho Nai Guan, McCrea’s chauffeur and good friend.
(Photo Wanbao file)
Madam Lan Ya Ming, a married mother
of two and Mr Kho’s girlfriend.
(Photo Shimin file)
Michael McCrea
biography