Jan 3, 2011
Man in court for causing hurt in mobile phone robbery
By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
AN INDIAN national was charged in court on Monday with causing hurt to a woman while robbing her of her cellphone.
Pansapakesan Ranjitkumar, 29, is alleged to have punched the head and bitten the hand of Ms Siti Juliana Zullkefley 27, during the $250 robbery at the void deck of Block 173 Woodlands Street 13 last Saturday.
He was remanded at Jurong police division for a week.
If convicted, he could be jailed between five and 20 years and given not less than 12 strokes of the cane.
