7 weeks' jail for drunk man who punched stranger in 'unprovoked' attack, kicked TTSH nurse

[The_King]

SINGAPORE — After drinking five pints of beer at an East Coast bar, a drunk Adam William Fletcher came to blows with a friend he was with, and then later punched a stranger for no reason.

But his rampage did not end there, a court heard. When he was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) that evening, Fletcher struggled violently and was verbally abusive towards medical personnel.

He ended up kicking a nurse on her upper chest.

Appearing in a district court on Wednesday (July 27), the Briton, 40, was sentenced to seven weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to two counts of voluntarily causing hurt.

District Judge Chay Yuen Fatt noted that Fletcher's first assault was unprovoked, and that his intoxication was an aggravating factor for sentencing purposes.

 

 

The court heard that Fletcher and another foreign national went drinking at a bar at 19 East Coast Road on the evening of June 25 last year.

The pair then went to a back alley behind the bar to talk, but they began physically tussling and pushing each other. Fletcher’s friend lost his footing and fell to the ground.

A passer-by intervened and broke up the dispute.

Fletcher then walked away from the alley around 10.30pm and headed towards Ean Kiam Place, off East Coast Road. He noticed a 57-year-old foreigner walking along East Coast Road to withdraw cash from an automated teller machine (ATM) near him.

As the other man approached, Fletcher swung his arm and punched him once on the head, causing him to fall to the ground. He regained consciousness a few minutes later with the help of other passers-by.

Fletcher then left the scene. The assault was captured on video by another passer-by.

 

 

Police officers soon arrived and found Fletcher behaving in a drunken and disorderly manner somewhere else along Mountbatten Road.

The victim was taken to TTSH in an ambulance. He had suffered bleeding on his scalp and elbow, along with tenderness over the base of his back, court documents said.

VICTIM FELT DISORIENTED, CONFUSED

Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Tan Zhi Hao said that the victim was discharged against medical advice and did not immediately seek further treatment because his head injury left him “feeling disoriented and confused”.

He returned two days later for follow-up treatment and was diagnosed with a concussion. He was also given three days of medical leave.

As a result of the attack, he was found to have developed a severe anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress.

He attended five counselling sessions and incurred a total of S$3,804 in medical expenses. Fletcher compensated him with this sum in February this year.

 

 

When the victim sought further treatment a month after the incident, an X-ray revealed that his elbow was fractured and there was painful swelling around the elbow joint.

RAMPAGE CONTINUED IN HOSPITAL

Fletcher was also taken to TTSH on the evening of the attack to treat the abrasions on his knees that he got from his altercations.

Medical personnel attended to him in the emergency department but he was intoxicated and combative, DPP Tan told the court.

Around 5am, a 40-year-old nurse was holding onto his leg so that a doctor could administer an intravenous drip, but he began kicking outwards and shouting vulgarities. This included: “Get your f***ing hands off me.”

He then kicked the nurse, making contact with her left upper chest and collarbone. She had to stop her work and step out of the emergency department due to the pain.

She was given three days of medical leave.

For voluntarily causing hurt, Fletcher could have been jailed for up to three years or fined up to S$5,000, or punished with both.

[Coffee_O]

15 hours ago, The_King said:

the Briton, 40,

enough said. brits are shits when drunk

[XianGe]

Amdk... 

[Huat Zai]

1 hour ago, Coffee_O said:

enough said. brits are shits when drunk

Moi correct joo a bit

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enough said. brits are shits