Truck driver sentenced to jail and caning for robbery of 7-11 cashier
Published on Nov 27, 2014 11:55 AM
By Ian Poh
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SINGAPORE - A truck driver who robbed a convenience store cashier, attacking the victim with a metal rod even after being handed some money, was sentenced to three and a half years' jail on Thursday. He was ordered to be given 12 strokes of the cane.
James Wo Wai Yee, 40, took $600 from the 7-11 store in North Bridge Road on Aug 8. Around 4.20am, with no one else around, he picked up a penknife from the counter, pointed it at cashier Uthirapathy Kumarasamy's throat and demanded money.
Wo hit Mr Uthirapathy's arm with the 55cm metal rod, which he had hidden in his trousers, when the cashier asked what he meant.
The cashier then opened the cash register and handed over $600, but Wo thrice swung the rod at his victim, who had gone into a squatting position.
