By Selina Lum

A FEW hours before he allegedly murdered his former girlfriend, Pathip Selvan Sugumaran was caught on a surveillance camera buying a knife at an Ang Mo Kio store.

After fatally stabbing Miss Jeevitha Panippan, 18, Pathip called his mother, who helped him flee to Malaysia through the Woodlands checkpoint.

But the next day, less than 24 hours later, Pathip gave himself up to the same immigration officer who had granted his application to leave Singapore.

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