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The murders were masterminded by Adrian Lim, a self-styled healer who pretended to have supernatural powers and scammed people for years. He had also been sexually assaulting female clients, often preying on younger women from impoverished backgrounds.
Adrian Lim was a notorious murderer who killed two children and a man in the early 1980s. He and his accomplices, Catherine Tan and Hoe Kah Hong, were sentenced to death and hanged in 1988 after a sensational trial.
Apr 12, 2021 · Adrian Lim was a self-styled medium who claimed to be possessed by spirits when he killed two children in 1981. Read about the trial, the defence of diminished responsibility, and the oral history accounts of the judges and lawyers involved.
Apr 21, 2021 · Adrian Lim was hanged in 1988 for killing two children in a bizarre ritual. Read about his trial, psychiatric defence, public reaction and last days on death row.
Jan 25, 2019 · A short film on the nun who counselled inmates facing the gallows sheds new light on the last days of two "holy wives" in the Adrian Lim child murders. Read more at straitstimes.com.