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Another Judge dropped a " One off Case " Another case of Kangaroo Court

Watchman

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Jail term for woman who drove without licence dropped
By Ng Jing Yng, TODAY | Posted: 14 April 2010 0940 hrs

SINGAPORE : A woman who drove a car without a licence because she wanted to get her son a toy successfully appealed on Tuesday against being sent to jail for the offence.

Housewife Catherine Peter, 41, had in January been sentenced to six weeks' jail, fined S$500 and disqualified from driving for four years on charges of driving without qualification and for other traffic offences. Her driving licence had been suspended for two years because of a drink-driving incident in April last year.

In the August incident, Peter, the wife of a commercial airline pilot, had driven to a nearby mall when her six-year-old son, complaining of an earache, demanded that she get him a toy scooter. She decided not to wait for her husband and, after several fruitless attempts to get a taxi, drove to the mall, the court was told.


Appealing to keep her out of jail, lawyer Naresh Mahtani said Peter had to take care of her children, aged six and nine, while her husband was away on flight assignments.

Justice V K Rajah decided to set aside the jail sentence, saying that Peter was not likely to repeat the offence. He added that "this decision does not signify the present judicial status ... but it is a one-off case that commands a departure from the norm".

Peter had paid the fine imposed earlier for drink driving, served five days in jail and been disqualified from driving.

She now has to pay a fine of S$2,500. Her four years' disqualification from driving stands.
 

kingrant

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Why in the first place the judge did not give her an appropriate sentence? Bloody waste of time and money for appeal!
 

zhugeliang

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Luckily is pilot wife, then spare the jail sentence, if not richman wife or f.t sure go changi for holiday....
Think judge scare that husband will drive plane into his kangroo court....
Hahahahahaha
 

Spock

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Ah, one-off case becomes two-off case becomes three-off case becomes many-off case becomes depends-on-who-you-are case?
 

halsey02

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Ah, one-off case becomes two-off case becomes three-off case becomes many-off case becomes depends-on-who-you-are case?

Same as the one in 50 years flooding case, and then became twice in 50 years....what is new??? :wink:
 

hiker

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what a fucking joke!!! there are so many singaporeans caught for similar offence and i dont see them getting similar sentences. this lady must have 'somebody' backing her. this is a total mockery of the legal system!!!:mad::oIo:
 

streetsmart73

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what a fucking joke!!! there are so many singaporeans caught for similar offence and i dont see them getting similar sentences. this lady must have 'somebody' backing her. this is a total mockery of the legal system!!!:mad::oIo:

hi there


1. i am just wondering what walter woon would say about this since he is already out of it.
2. it would be interesting man!
 
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