38-year-old Charles Law Chang Teck was sentenced to 12 weeks imprisonment for throwing scalding hot porridge at 66-year-old hawker Zhou Yu Ye.
He was buying porridge for his infant son at Zhou’s stall at Whampoa Food Centre but didn’t tell the hawker that he wanted the egg to be thoroughly cooked.
He then got angry and cursed at Zhou after he realized that the egg was not cooked fully, and continued coding her ever after she whipped up another bowl of porridge for him.
Law then turned around and opened the packet of scalding porridge and flung it at Zhou.
An eyewitness told Law to leave because he was scared that he would create more trouble, before telling the victim to call the police.
Zhou ended up suffering first and second-degree burns and the doctor told her that they will definitely leave scars.
she also lost three weeks’ worth of income during her recovery as a result of having to close her stall to recover.
Her son then took Law to court and was represented by Darren Tan and Yeo Hsien Yang, from Invictus Law Corporation, with the lawyers taking on her case pro bono after learning about her financial troubles.
Zhou ended up being awarded a compensation amount of $16,000, which included her medical expenses of about $2,000, he lost of income of about $3,600, the legal fees and the cost of damages to her.