The_King Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 SINGAPORE: A couple got into the wrong Grab car and after realising their mistake, alighted from the vehicle, only to leave a phone behind. When the man who originally booked the ride tried to return the phone, he was met with a beating instead that left him bedridden for weeks with broken bones. The aggressor, 52-year-old Briton Mark Alan Edge, was sentenced to 13 months' jail on Tuesday (Dec 19) for one count of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, which he contested. The court heard that Edge was with his wife along Holland Avenue on the night of Jul 12, 2020. They were both drunk when they mistakenly boarded a Grab car that had been booked by the victim, a 62-year-old man labelled by the prosecution as a "good Samaritan". When the couple realised they had taken the wrong car, they disembarked but Edge's wife left her phone in the back seat. The victim then boarded the car. Edge later contacted the female Grab driver, who was already on her way to the drop-off destination, asking for the phone back. GRAB DRIVER WAS AFRAID The Grab driver testified that she had asked the victim to accompany her back to Holland Village because Edge was drunk and she was afraid. The victim agreed. However, when the vehicle got back to Holland Village, Edge sucker-punched the victim from behind and assaulted him repeatedly, fracturing his finger and eye socket. Edge had formed the impression that the victim wanted to extort money from him in return for the phone. Edge's wife testified for her husband, but said she could not remember the entire sequence of events. She alleged that the victim grabbed her husband from the back. District Judge Luke Tan convicted Edge, saying he had punched the victim's face several times and pushed him to the ground. The prosecution asked for 18 to 21 months' jail, inclusive of three months' jail in lieu of six strokes of the cane, and a compensation order of S$14,481.30 (US$10,900). Deputy Public Prosecutor Michelle Tay said Edge had reciprocated the victim's kind gesture with a beating instead. Edge's "unprovoked violent campaign" resulted in bone fractures, lacerations on the victim's face, hands and knees, black eyes, post-concussion syndrome and vertigo, said the prosecutor. The victim, a director at Manulife Singapore, has taken up a civil suit against Edge. His medical expenses amount to S$14,481.30, according to the prosecution. The judge declined to order compensation, saying the civil trial would be "the best forum" to decide the entire issue of compensation, damages or related matters. For voluntarily causing grievous hurt, Edge could have been jailed for up to 10 years and fined. He cannot be caned as he is above 50. Source: CNA/ll(sn) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynamiteZerg Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Slap on the wrist type of sentencing siah... an eye for an eye punishment must be meted in such case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_O Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 11 hours ago, The_King said: Edge later contacted the female Grab driver, who was already on her way to the drop-off destination, asking for the phone back. How the fuck he managed to contact the grab driver when she is not even the one he booked? Unless the news article meant he called her wife phone? 11 hours ago, The_King said: The prosecution asked for 18 to 21 months' jail, inclusive of three months' jail in lieu of six strokes of the cane, and a compensation order of S$14,481.30 (US$10,900). AMDK jiu shi AMDK get 13 months way below what the DA is asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Heng never spear or con-chair-to the guy “you think you know me” @noobmaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noobmaster Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, ManOfTheHour said: Heng never spear or con-chair-to the guy “you think you know me” @noobmaster Or summon vampire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, noobmaster said: Or summon vampire The Brood had the best entrance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noobmaster Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 15 minutes ago, ManOfTheHour said: The Brood had the best entrance That is until if some siaolang from Yishun decides to imitate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, noobmaster said: That is until if some siaolang from Yishun decides to imitate Nah he wont. He likes the buff steroid kind who could not wrestle. This confirms how gay he is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noobmaster Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 1 minute ago, ManOfTheHour said: Nah he wont. He likes the buff steroid kind who could not wrestle. This confirms how gay he is Ya I realised that also.. he like the type that WWE likes to push and not the pure wrestlers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 1 minute ago, noobmaster said: Ya I realised that also.. he like the type that WWE likes to push and not the pure wrestlers He likes the buff body to in out in out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noobmaster Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, ManOfTheHour said: He likes the buff body to in out in out BDBYZD That one is “Angle” rrrr Edited December 21, 2023 by noobmaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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