Expat in Singapore accused of killing man with wine bottle charged with ‘religiously aggravated’ act

Andrew Gosling, 47, is an Australian national accused of throwing a bottle from the seventh floor of a condo building, hitting people on the fifth floor

Nasiari Suree, 73, was hit in the head and died from his injuries. Gosling now faces additional charge that the attack was ‘religiously motivated’

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Andrew Gosling allegedly threw the wine bottle from the seventh floor of the Spottiswoode 18 condominium. Photo: Google

Published: 3:04pm, 5 Dec 2019Updated: 10:34pm, 5 Dec 2019

An Australian man living in Singapore charged with causing the death of a 73-year-old man in August by throwing a wine bottle from a balcony now faces the additional charge that his act hurt another woman as well and was “religiously motivated”.

Andrew Gosling, 47, appeared in court on Thursday over the incident. He allegedly threw a glass wine bottle from the seventh floor lift landing of the Spottiswoode 18 condominium towards a table near the barbecue area on the fifth floor of the building.

The bottle hit Nasiari Suree, a delivery man and grandfather of nine, on the head. Nasiari was taken unconscious to the Singapore General Hospital, where he died from his injuries the next morning.

Nasiari was reportedly at a relative’s housewarming party that evening. He was about to eat when the bottle struck him.

According to court documents, the bottle also struck a woman named Ms Manisah while she was at the table, causing bruises to her right shoulder, and this act was “religiously aggravated”.