SINGAPORE - A 52-year-old man who stabbed his flatmate in the heart during a quarrel over rent was found guilty of murder on Tuesday (Nov 9) after the judge rejected his defence that he had accidentally inflicted the fatal wound. In convicting Mohammad Rosli Abdul Rahim, High Court Justice Dedar Singh Gill said: "The evidence, on the whole, shows beyond a reasonable doubt that the fatal stab wound was intentionally inflicted by the accused." The case was adjourned for sentencing arguments. Rosli faces the death penalty or life imprisonment, but prosecutors said they would not be objecting to a life term. Rosli had killed 35-year-old Mohammad Roslan Zaini, his co-tenant, in a flat in Teck Whye Crescent on Aug 16, 2017, while two acquaintances looked on. In his trial, he claimed that during a chaotic melee in the poorly lit flat, he "accidentally poked" the victim's chest when he was swinging the knife downwards because the victim moved forward. Justice Gill said: "The defence's case, however, is not borne out by the evidence and is inherently incredible." The judge said it was clear, from the forensic evidence and the testimony of one eyewitness, that the fatal stab wound was inflic...