Previously, other than the Court of Appeal of Singapore, criminals in Singapore (including those who were sentenced to death) were allowed to file criminal or civil appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London, where the judges in London can hear these appeals. This avenue of appeal was fully abolished for all criminal and civil matters in April 1994. One case where an appeal to the Privy Council was successful was the case of death row convict and murderer (also spelt Mohamed Yasin bin Hussin). Yasin, alias Rosli, was 19 years of age when he robbed, raped and murdered a 58-year-old Chinese woman on Pulau Ubin in April 1972. He was sentenced to death for murder in 1974 while his 25-year-old accomplice Harun bin Ripin (or Harun bin Ariffin) was instead sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane for robbery by night. Yasin also lost his appeal to the Court of Appeal in Singapore before the Privy Council accepted his appeal and sentenced him to 2 years' imprisonment for causing death while committing a rash/negligent act. Yasin was subsequently sentenced to another 8 years' imprisonment for attempted rape of the victim.