Man gets 14 days short detention order for punching cabby; prosecution appealing

[krafty]

Man gets 14 days short detention order for punching cabby; prosecution appealing

By Elena Chong

SINGAPORE - An insurance agent was sentenced to a 14-day short detention order (SDO) on Tuesday for punching a taxi driver.
The prosecution, which had asked for a longer five-week jail sentence for Joachim Gabriel Lai Zhen, successfully applied for a stay of the sentence, pending its appeal.
The 23-year-old had admitted to punching Mr Tan Keon Chae, 55 in the face in November last year.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Joshua Lim said Lai had been drinking at Clarke Quay with his friends on the evening of May 18, 2013, and had been intoxicated.

 

[rickws8437]

What was the judge thinking..April not even round the corner yet...

 

[looneytan]

thread title must say lah! Ang Moh man or sinkie man!

 

[tanakow]

Setting the stage for the Indian who punched the taxi driver until he hospitalised to get a slap-in-the-wrist punishment?

What was the judge thinking..April not even round the corner yet...

 

[JohnTan]

Glad to read of sinkies doing the punching for once. Getting tired of reading news of only foreigners beating up cabbies.