Many people's image of a criminal is of someone young but, in Singapore, a new phenomenon has emerged - the rise of the elderly offender.
The number of criminals aged 60 and above who were sent to prison has risen 50 per cent over the past six years, The Straits Times reported last month ("Old and a crook - the rise of Singapore's silver criminals", June 3).
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