Connie Soh, 46-years-old, pleaded guilty to one count of voluntarily causing hurt.
She reportedly slapped an 8-year-old girl in the face for accidentally stepping on her foot, and was fined $5,000 for her troubles earlier today (18 June).
What happened?
On 15 July 2020, at about 1.47pm, the 8-year-old girl was boarding the MRT at Choa Chu Kang station when she accidentally stepped on Soh’s left foot.
The girl apologised to Soh, but Soh was talking on her phone at the time and didn’t hear the girl.
Soh then confronted the girl’s mother, who told her that her daughter did apologised; an argument soon ensued.
When the mother and daughter arrived at their train stop and wanted to alight at Yew Tee station, Soh slapped the girl in the face to stop her from leaving.
The girl then started crying and her mother called the police.
The girl was then conveyed to NUH by her mother, where she was found with a bruised left cheek.
She was given 2 days MC.
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