A man was given a six-month prison term after hitting a person with a broken bottle in a restaurant after they had previously gotten into a fight with him.
Marcus Phua Han Sheng, a 30-year-old Singaporean, pleaded guilty on Monday ( Jul 15 ) to voluntarily causing hurt with a weapon.
The prosecutor was informed that Phua and friends had eaten at Hansing Pocha in Neil Road on May 28 of that year.
His group of friends immediately tried to settle the dispute and stop a fight with another party dining there.
Nevertheless, a fight broke out anyhow at about 7am. Phua repeatedly hit the man from the other party after flipping a cuisine at him.
The other party left the restaurant soon after staff members and Phua’s companions intervened to end the argument.
Phua was also incensed, the jury heard. He seized a soju drink, smashed it against a table to create a rough floor, and walked out of the diner.
When he left, he noticed a man standing outside the cafe entrance and dressed also to some of the individuals in the opposing crowd.
With the broken drink, Phua struck the target over the side of his head, causing facial lacerations to the man’s head, face, and neck, while mistaking him for a participant of the other team.
The victim received nine days of skilled leave and was required to have his cuts sutured.
After going through appeal negotiations, Phua was given a transfer amounting to an acquittal for causing harm by toppling another man’s cuisine contents onto another man.
The prosecutors said Phua felt contrite and paid the victim’s medical expenses of S$ 4, 857.10 in total a quarter after the incident.
As the sufferer did not want to follow up with treatment, there is no further information on his state.
Even though the attorney knew he was also face charges after making payments, he requested six to eight months in prison for Phua.
The attorney added that Phua is entitled to a reduction in his statement of up to 30 % because he indicated his desire to confess innocent as soon as the trial was set for his appeal.
MITIGATION
Riko Isaac, a defense attorney, requested three to four months in prison rather for his client, who is the company’s director.
Mr. Isaac claimed that his employer’s involvement was a result of his first desire to settle the dispute and address the conflict’s resolutions.
Phua did not intend to get physically involved in any real encounter, but he regrettably lost his temper as the hostilities grew and “reacted disproportionately to the condition,” according to Mr. Isaac.
He claimed that his customer had mistakenly believed the sufferer to be a member of the group that had attacked him and had “impulsively decided to retaliate.”
Once he realised it was a case of mistaken identity, Phua ceased his assault on the target, said the attorney.
Phua even remained on the scene and cooperated fully with the responding officers, according to Mr. Isaac.
Since then, Phua has realized the seriousness and weight of the damage the victim has suffered.
According to Mr. Isaac, Phua was also hurt in the event and is unable to flex his finger after his tendon was entirely lacerated.
For deliberately causing hurt with a crossbow, he could have been jailed for up to seven years, fined, caned, or given a combination of these sanctions.