A 54-year-old Briton, Philip Richard Mockridge, allegedly failed to put on a face mask on 3 separate occasions, was previously charged in court under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act.
He is now (3 February) additionally being charged with voluntarily obstructing a public servant from carrying out his duties.
Mockridge had allegedly refused to comply with an auxiliary police officer’s instruction to him to put on a mask when he showed up at the State Courts on 11 January at about 8.48am.
Mockridge is facing a total of 4 charges, with three of them being handed to him during his earlier hearing.
He allegedly failed to wear a mask on 26 November 2020 at Sengkang MRT station at about 10.15pm, Serangoon MRT station on 19 December 2020 at around 11pm, and at City Square Mall on 16 May 2021 at 8.47pm.
He is currently out on bail of $15,000 and his pretrial conference has been set ot 25 February.
For non-compliance with safe management measures under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020, offenders may be jailed for up to six months, fined up to S$10,000, or both.
Repeat offenders face a jail term of up to one year and a fine of up to $20,000.
For voluntarily obstructing a public servant from carrying out his duties, persons found guilty face a jail term of up to 3 months as well as a fine of up to $2,500.