A 62-year-old man was given a 21-week prison sentence on Friday ( May 16 ), for punching another man until his skull fractured.  ,
Tan Lai Hin admitted to deliberately inflicting severe harm to the 63-year-old target by punching his mouth, which resulted in severe harm to him, including a sad bone fracture.  ,
On August 27, 2022, Tan attacked a supervisor at a nearby store while working as a store assistant at Golden Horse Dried Seafood Trading along Queen Street.  ,
Tan approached the victim from behind as the latter was tended to consumers at around 4.40pm that morning. In front of the customers, he half punched the victim in the face, grabbed him by his shirt, and proceeded to punch him.  ,
The customers left the store because they were concerned for their health, and a female witness attempted to act. However, Tan continued to hold the defendant’s shirt and attempt to hit him while the latter attempted to block the attack with his hands.  ,
The victim’s family ran over the neighboring business after seeing her son being attacked, according to the victim’s parents. She fell to Tan’s foot as she attempted to stop him.  ,
Tan continued to pull the prey by his clothing, past his mother, who was lying face down on the floor, and another witness, despite witnessing her fall. The victim’s family intervened, moving toward Tan and picking herself up, and another female hear also came in.  ,
The victim was immediately stopped punching the target when Tan stopped, the court was told.  ,
Around 5o’clock, the police were called, and paramedics arrived about 15 minutes afterwards. The sufferer was taken to Raffles Hospital for medical treatment after being examined by the doctors, where he was discovered to have had a 3 cm-long gash on his face and bruised.  ,
Seven needles were needed for the gash afterwards. A sad skull fracture and tragic subarachnoid hemorrhage, or bleeding in the area between his head and the barrier that covers it, were discovered in a CT scan the same day.  ,
A later CT scan revealed that the unhappy bone fragments were causing bruising on the victim’s proper frontal lobe and a “mild large effect” on the brain cells behind.  ,
Two days after being attacked, he was discharged and given ten days of medical leave. Despite having scar revision surgeries, Tan’s attacks left him with a permanent scar that lasted 3.5 cm.
The 63-year-old claimed in his victim impact statement that he now wears a cap to conceal his scar when he leaves. He has nightmares of being attacked and is afraid to visit his parents ‘ shop  out of fear of seeing Tan, the court heard.  ,
The victim has so far paid S$ 4, 637.40 ( US$ 3, 577 ) out of his own pocket, while Tan voluntarily gave him S$ 700 in February.  ,
District Judge Janet Wang made note of the victim’s psychological harm and his traumatized state in making her decision.  ,
The use of violence in public spaces ought to be stopped. No other public member was hurt, she claimed, noting that the risk of potential harm was important to her choice.  ,
The accused’s actions “most likely” caused the other members of the public who were walking along the narrow corridor to suffer harm.
Tan could have faced jail time for up to five years, a fine of up to S$ 10,000, or both for voluntarily causing harm that led to grievous harm.  ,