Global InformationRoszaidi Osman information
Roszaidi Osman | |
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| Born | Roszaidi bin Osman 1972 (age 51–52) Singapore |
| Criminal status | Imprisoned at Changi Prison since October 2015 |
| Spouse | Azidah binte Zainal |
| Children | 2 |
| Conviction(s) | Drug possession (1995) Drug possession (2000) Drug consumption (2000) Buprenorphine trafficking (2007) Buprenorphine consumption (2007) Drug possession (2012) Diamorphine trafficking (2019) |
| Criminal charge | Multiple counts of drug consumption and possession (1995–2012) Diamorphine trafficking (2015) |
| Penalty | Six months' imprisonment (1995) Five years and three weeks' imprisonment (2000) Five years' imprisonment with five strokes of the cane (2007; concurrent) Seven years and six months' imprisonment with six strokes of the cane (2007; concurrent) Three years' imprisonment (2012) Death, later commuted to life imprisonment (2022) |
Roszaidi bin Osman (born c. 1972) is a Singaporean drug trafficker who is presently serving a life sentence for trafficking in 32.54g of diamorphine (or pure heroin) in October 2015. Roszaidi and four others (including his then pregnant wife) were all arrested and charged with capital drug trafficking, though eventually, in January 2019, only Roszaidi and one accomplice out of the remaining four were found guilty as charged and sentenced to death. The remaining three, including Roszaidi's wife, were given jail terms ranging between 25 years and life.
Following an appeal in 2020, the co-accused on death row was acquitted of the charge and escaped the gallows, but Roszaidi's conviction was upheld. However, Roszaidi was temporarily reprieved from death row and granted a re-trial to review his sentence on the grounds of diminished responsibility. After the High Court restored Roszaidi's death sentence in his re-trial, Roszaidi filed a second appeal, and by a rare split decision of 3 to 2, the Court of Appeal allowed Roszaidi's appeal and commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment in December 2022.