Prosecution to appeal against short detention order sentence

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Prosecution to appeal against short detention order sentence

Published on Oct 19, 2011​

On Wednesday, Deputy Public Prosecutor G. Kannan applied for a stay of execution of the order given on Monday to Mervin Ng Kim Inn, 28, who was also ordered to pay $1,000 compensation to the victim. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Elena Chong

The prosecution intends to appeal against a seven-day short detention order meted out to a road-rage offender earlier this week.

The short detention order is one of the new sentencing options in the amended Criminal Procedure Code, which came into effect on Jan 2.

On Wednesday, Deputy Public Prosecutor G. Kannan applied for a stay of execution of the order given on Monday to Mervin Ng Kim Inn, 28, who was also ordered to pay $1,000 compensation to the victim.

The food and catering businessman had pleaded guilty to punching Mr Tan Koon Jwai, 65, on the right side of his face at the exit gantry of St James Power House, Sentosa Gateway, on April 10. The punch gave Mr Tan a 2cm cut over his cheek and caused his eye to bleed.

Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

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Road rage offender jailed 5 weeks after appeal

Published on Jan 31, 2012

If you hit someone in a rage on the road, expect to spend some time prison, appeal judge V. K. Rajah said on Tuesday as he sentenced road rage offender Mervin Ng Kim Inn (above), 28, to five weeks in jail. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Selina Lum

If you hit someone in a rage on the road, expect to spend some time in prison, appeal judge V. K. Rajah said on Tuesday as he sentenced road rage offender Mervin Ng Kim Inn, 28, to five weeks in jail.

Ng was originally given a seven-day short detention order by a district court in October last year for punching another motorist, Mr Tan Koon Jwai, 65, at the exit gantry of the carpark at St James Power Station.

It was believed to be the first time a short detention order has been meted out in a road rage case, which normally attracts a short jail term. A short detention order is one of the community sentencing options introduced in the new Criminal Procedure Code in 2010, aimed at giving more flexibility to the courts.

The prosecution appealed against the sentence, seeking a jail term.

Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
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