Lim Kok Chong, 51-years-old, pleaded guilty earlier today (11 January) to assaulting a 15-year-old boy by headbutting him multiple times.
He is expected to be sentenced on 25 January.
What happened?
Lim was riding his PAB on a pedestrian footpath on 21 August at around 11.30pm at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, when he jammed his brakes to avoid a collision with the victim and his friends, who were standing on the pathway.
He told the group to move away and they complied, and Lim (who was sending a food order at the time) then stopped his bicycle a few metres from the group.
The group then went to a coffeeshop nearby – the victim was walking on the footpath and Lim followed him because he was upset.
The victim then turned around to look at Lim, and Lim then flashed an obscene gesture at him and they got into an argument.
Lim then approached the boy at about 11.40pm and headbutted him in the cheek once and didn’t reply when the boy asked him why he reacted like that.
He then continued to headbutt the vicim’s left cheek about three more times.
It is unclear who called the police but officers later arrived at the scene not long after, along with paramedics who noticed the boy’s left cheek was swollen.
The victim was given a cold compress before being released to his father and didn’t go to hospital for further treatment.