SINGAPORE: A 76-year-old man who splashed a mixture of bleach and water at his friend’s face was jailed for four weeks and fined S$ 1, 000 ( US$ 734 ) on Thursday ( Dec 19 ).
Lee Ah Cheng furthermore admitted to using tape to seal the gate’s keyhole and make it unusable by applying it to the lock of a stranger.
He pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge of deliberately inflicting harm and harm, with another misdemeanor misdemeanor demand being weighed against him.
Lee will spend two more days in jail instead of the great, according to court documents.
According to the jury, Lee and another friend met at the Yuhua Village Market and Food Center on October 2, 2023, and they met at about 10pm it.
At some point, the two people got into a debate, although court records did not specify what it was about.
Lee unloaded a 250ml container filled with a mixture of bleach and water he had mixed at house.
According to deputy public attorney Intan Suhaily Abu Bakar, the combination contained about one-third of the chlorine and three-quarters of the water.
Lee poured some of the mix into a cup containing liquor, and splashed this on his 66-year-old friend’s clothing.
Then he sprinkling the remaining liquid in the jug on his sister’s face. The water made touch with the victim’s mouth, eyes and clothes.
The two men got into a fight, and some people came out to break them. Lee next left and returned house.
The sufferer called the police to report that he had been chemically sprayed and lacked vision.
He was taken to a doctor where he was seen in its emergency room and referred for an obstetrics consultation.
He received treatment and two nights of sick leave after being found guilty of an eye injury from a chemical attention.
According to the prosecutor, the victim did not sustain any lasting harm to his eyes as a result of the event.
SUPERGLUE Situations
In a split event on July 10, 2024, Lee met a friend at a public housing complex at Jurong East Street 24.
He was uncertain of his sister’s flat range, and wandered around hoping to run into his companion.
At about 10pm, Lee took a hoist up the block. When he left, he discovered that the typical corridor area outside one of the apartments was noisy and full of cupboards.
According to Ms. Intan Suhaily, Lee was unhappy with the mess in the popular place. He started feeling unhappy, and thought that the owner of that flat was careless.
He removed the wax from his cigar box and applied it to the lock on the apartment’s gate to keep its keyhole shut. He therefore went home.
These steps were captured by a closed-circuit broadcast lens from the defendant’s home.
Later that night, the 76-year-old sufferer, who was in the smooth, wanted to open the gate to go outside.
However, when she attempted to unlock the lock, she discovered that she could not fit her critical into its keyhole.
The target and her family used a next door to enter and exit the smooth instead of the home, which also had a second door. Around midnight, the survivor made a police report.
Lee returned the victim’s$ 30 in damages to the lock.
He even offended another time on Sep. 5, 2023, by removing the locking system from a wheel shutter at Jurong East Avenue by applying wax to two keyholes in the shutter.
” ANGER MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS”
Ms. Intan Suhaily pleaded for a four to six-week prison sentence as well as a good to be determined by the judge.
She noted that Lee had previously been found guilty of violent crimes, including causing severe harm by poisoning someone, causing a impulsive act, and causing severe harm, but that these convictions were dated.
In the case of the closed padlock, she claimed there was a health risk if the resident was unable to leave the house in an emergency but it turned out that there was a second door due to the presence of a subsequent entry.
Lee, who works part-time and does not have a lawyer, requested that the court take into account the fact that his companion had pushed him and caused him to drop at Yuhua Village Market and Food Centre.
He added that he was receiving treatment at the Institute of Mental Health ( IMH) and that he had an “anger management problem.”
Lee testified to the judge that he knew his actions were wrong and that he was feeling better after taking his” anxiety and remorse” medication every day.
According to an IMH statement, the attorney noted that there was no connection between the crimes and any issue Lee had.
District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan noted that chlorine is a “very caustic” material and that by splashing it at his sister’s face and eyes, Lee may have caused blindness.
The prosecutor added:” I have absolutely no idea why you carry tape around. An ordinary man wouldn’t have it on their system,”” he said.
He encouraged Lee, whose home was in judge, to proceed with his treatment and stay out of trouble.
The greatest punishment for deliberately causing hurt is three years in jail, a S$ 5, 000 good, or both.
Mischief carries a maximum sentence of two years in jail, a great, or both.