Beh, on account that he and Beh were guilty of the same offence by common intention per the findings of Justice Lai Kew Chai during Beh's 1984 trial. Chan also stated that the prosecution's decision to charge Sim with murder while proceeding with manslaughter charges against Beh for the same case was a violation of Sim's right to equality and equal treatment under the law, and hence he sought a guilty verdict of manslaughter for his client. He also stated that Beh's testimony should not be trusted as evidence against Sim. On the other hand, the trial prosecutor Glenn Knight argued that the reason why the prosecution reduced Beh's murder charges was based on the totality of evidence and his comparably smaller role in the case, and he stated the prosecution was legally bound with the prerogative to amend the charges against a defendant in a murder case where more than one person was charged, and it was not necessarily the case where an accomplice of a murder should be charged with murder, due to the different roles that all accomplices may play in such cases. The prosecution also emphasized that the trio's common intention, per Justice Lai's findings, was to commit murder (whether by one or more of them) during the course of committing aggravated robbery. Knight argued that the judgement of Beh's trial should not have any bearing in Sim's trial verdict, and that he pointed out Sim and the third accomplice Chng, as the aggressors, had brutally killed the first victim Lee Cheng Tiong after they forcibly entered the premises to rob him, which was not a classic case of self-defense. The murder of the second victim Teo Keng Siang, per Knight's arguments, was also not accidental, as there was a clear sign that the robbers did not want to leave him alive as a witness to identify them. Hence, Knight sought a guilty verdict of murder in Sim's case. The verdict was scheduled to be given on 27 March 1985. Verdict On 27 March 1985, the two trial judges - Justice L P Thean and Justice Abdul Wahab Ghows - delivered their verdict. In their 27-page verdict, which was read by Justice Abdul Wahab, the judges rejected Sim's claim of self-defence when killing Lee, and also stated that they disbelieved Sim's claim that he was not involved in the murder of Teo. They found that the