Yee Choon Wah, 52, was sentenced to four weeks jail on Wednesday (June 10) for smashing his neighour’s windows with a golf club which caused a woman to be cut by a glass shard.
Three other charges were taken into consideration: Of committing mischief by smashing another neighbour’s window with the club, leaving his home without reasonable excuse to go to the corridor outside the flats, and failing to wear a mask in the corridor.
The reason for his actions was believed to be the due to cigarette smoke coming from his neighbours flat which infuriated him.
Till today, he did not make any restitution to the victims. The prosecutor requested for four weeks’ jail, stating that the woman was not only hurt but also suffered damage to her property.
For causing hurt by a rash act endangering human life, he could have been jailed for up to a year, fined up to S$5,000, or both.