Updated: 10/01/2013 18:27 | By Channel NewsAsia
Man jailed for punching cabby, fined for damaging vehicles
SINGAPORE: A drunk American chef who repeatedly punched a taxi driver and damaged a motorcycle and a taxi door, was on Tuesday sentenced to two weeks' jail and fined S$1,000.
38-year-old Garfield Gordon Angove III was also ordered to pay the taxi driver, Chua Poh Soon, S$3,500 for assaulting him at Lucky Chinatown on May 25 this year, at about 9pm.
On the same night before the attack, Angove, who was unemployed at the time, also got into a dispute with bike rider Mohammad Fariz Muhammad Yusman, even though it was unprovoked.
Angove became angry, tried to attack Mr Mohammad Fariz and kicked the victim's motorcycle.
The motorcycle then hit a taxi belonging to Mr Seah Hock Tean.
The cost of the damage to the two vehicles totalled S$600 and for that, Angove was fined S$1,000.
Two of four charges were taken into consideration for sentencing purposes. - CNA/nd
