The Circuit Road murder trial began at the High Court on 18 September 2019, with both the leading criminal lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam and his colleague Chooi Jing Yen representing Boh Soon Ho, who was then 51 years old. High Court Judge Pang Khang Chau was assigned to hear the case, and the prosecution - consisting of Wong Kok Weng and Joshua Chua - proceeded with the charge of murder by intentionally causing a bodily injury that could lead to death in the ordinary cause of nature. Should Boh be found guilty of this charge of murder, he could receive either the death penalty or life imprisonment. Boh also faced two charges of having sexual intercourse with a corpse and dishonest misappropriation of a deceased person's property, which warrant sentences of up to five years' jail, and up to three years' jail respectively, in combination to a possible fine for either one or both of these offences.
