Benjamin Glynn, the Briton who is being charged with not wearing his mask on a train and again outside the state courts, was in court earlier today (18 August) to contest his four charges of not wearing a mask, public nuisance and his use of threatening words to a public servant.

He was assessed by IMH to not be suffering from any mental disorder and his trial began in proper.

His previous hearing saw his supporters clapping and laughing in court, so this time there was added security presence.

Glynn arrived in court handcuffed, and taunted the Deputy Public Prosecutor Timotheus Koh:

“Morning Mr Koh, hope you had a nice two weeks with your family.

Any messages from my family? Maybe my dead grandma has contacted you from beyond the grave.”

The court asked him whether he intends to plead guilty or not, to which he said he didn’t understand why he is being charged in a criminal court.

He argued:

“There’s been no victim. There’s been no harm to any living man or woman. Therefore it’s a farce that I am in a criminal court for a maritime breach … that has no legal jurisdiction over me. My position hasn’t changed. We have no contract whereby I comply to wearing a mask.”

Supporter causing a scene

One of Benjamin Glynn’s supporter was not wearing her mask properly when a security guard told her to do so.

She then reacted to the guard angrily as her mask slipped down and she had her entire mask off her face.

She was then told by District Judge Eddy Tham to step outside if she was not wearing a mask.

The agitated woman then exclaimed: “This is a ridiculous kangaroo court!”

The security guards then approached her as she told them: “You don’t touch me, I have no contract with you!”

She then said something about this not being about a mask, but about “control”.

A man then tried to admit himself as the accused’s (Glynn) lawyer but failed because he didn’t have a practising license, then told the security guard to refrain from “provoking” the woman.

Judge Tham then ordered the woman to be taken out of the courtroom: “That is enough interruption, please bring her out of the courtroom now.”

Proceedings were halted as the woman was hauled out of court, she then exclaimed as security guards surrounded her (without touching her): “You don’t tell me what to do, I’m a living, breathing woman. Shut up. I do not respect the judge.”

As the judge was away, Glynn continued his taunting remarks at the prosecutor: “Back to law school for you, Mr Koh.”

Made sarcastic remarks to Investigation Officer

Koh played video clips of Glynn not wearing a mask inside a train cabin on 7 May, as well as him outside the court without a mask.

Unrepresented Glynn, started his cross examination of the investigation officer:

“Some great investigation work there … Sherlock Holmes will be proud of you.”

The trial is still ongoing at the time of writing.

Recap

Images source: sgfollowsall

One of the literally no f*cks given wedding invitation that we have seen has been making its rounds on Facebook.

The engaged couple probably decided to do away with the traditional way and create the wedding invites in this manner.

Although it is very unconventional but we are sure that their friends that receive this would have had a great laugh instead of being angry about it.

Would any of you dare to do this and send this invite to your elders?

Image source: Singapore Models Forum Facebook Page

This is something unexpected as most of the time people normally assume that the subscribers will be men instead of a woman.

Here is the story:

I just found out that my girlfriend is subscribed to 2 GUY OnlyFans accounts! I thought only guys will subscribe to OnlyFans so I was shocked when I found out that my girlfriend is subscribed to 2 guy OnlyFans accounts.

One is a white guy and the other is an Asian guy. Both are straight P stars and look like your typical P star, big muscle, six-pack and well hung. Their content is pretty much your typical P, lots of s*x with different girls.

My girlfriend doesn’t know that I know about her OnlyFans subscription as I accidentally stumbled upon them. She doesn’t strike me as someone with a high s*x drive and I also never hear her gush over guys with big muscles before. So this discovery really came as a shock to me.

In comparison, I’m quite average looking, average physique and my manhood not as big as those OnlyFans stars. So I feel quite insecure knowing that my girlfriend is paying money to see these 2 guys in action. For context, I have been together with my girlfriend for over two years. We used to have s*x once a week during the honeymoon phase but now that our relationship is more mature, our s*x frequency is about once a month. So I think we are quite a typical Singaporean couple.

We are both in our mid-twenties so I was planning to marry her within the next few years but after finding out that she subscribes to OnlyFans, I feel hesitant.

Is this a red flag?

Earlier today MOH reported the 8th death case that occurred in August.

Case 67329, a 90-year-old male Singaporean, has passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection on 17 August 2021.

He had developed symptoms on 29 July, and was detected when he was tested for COVID-19 on 1 August as part of our community surveillance testing.

The following day, he developed shortness of breath and giddiness and was conveyed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital where he was admitted directly to the ICU for septic shock from COVID-19 pneumonia.

He had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but was advanced in age and had a history of chronic kidney disease and hypertension. 

In total, 45 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.

A 39-year-old lady barricaded herself in an apartment for three hours during one such operation in Ang Mo Kio.

According to Shin Min Daily News, she was finally arrested under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act.

CNB officers raided a flat in Block 245 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 at approximately 3.20 pm on August 16 as part of an operation, according to Shin Min Daily News.

A 39-year-old lady, on the other hand, refused to answer the door and reportedly threatened to cause harm to herself.

The Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU) and Special Operations Command personnel were rushed to the area, according to Shin Min Daily News.

Officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were also dispatched to help.

A show that is based on those who are smuggling illegal items featured a Singaporean woman.

But her accent does not sound like a Singaporean but she holds a Singapore passport. She claims that she is working as a full-time teacher but she was caught with a bag full of cigarettes.

At least a few thousand sticks of cigarettes were found in her luggage. Australia is known for expensive cigarettes. Even more expensive than Singapore.

Here is the video:

A job ad that was posted on MyCareersFuture and states that the salary is $1 a monthly.

As part of MOM’s rule for fair consideration framework, employers must first advertise on MyCareersFuture and fairly consider all candidates before employing S pass workers.

However, this website has been deemed by many job seekers as a waste of time as most people do not even get a response by applying for jobs from there. It is unclear how effective the job portal is.

Editor notes: I used to apply at this website, I applied 100 over roles and I got 0 responses.

The Changi NPC has posted a post on Facebook warning of scammers using Police images in their Whatsapp to cheat unsuspecting people.

Here is what they said:

The Police would like to alert members of the public to a variant of banking-related phishing scams where scammers would pose as officers from the Singapore Police Force (SPF) on messaging applications.

These scammers would misuse publicly available pictures of SPF officers to validate their identity, in order to convince victims that they were under investigations to get them to provide their banking details.

In this variant, the victims received unsolicited calls via WhatsApp from a WhatsApp account with a profile picture showing SPF officers. During the conversation with victims, the scammer would also provide a SPF name card as proof of his identity.

The victims would be informed that their bank accounts had been found to be involved in criminal activity and were frozen.

Under the pretext of facilitating the release of victims’ bank accounts, the scammer would instruct the victim to provide their bank account details, credit or debit card details, and One-Time Passwords (OTPs).

Victims only realised that they had fallen prey to a scam when they received notifications informing them that money had been transferred from their bank accounts to bank accounts unfamiliar to them or when they discovered unknown transactions made using their credit or debit card.

This year, the Police have received at least 200 reports of banking-related phishing scams where SPF officers were impersonated.

The Police would like to emphasize that SPF officers will never request for bank account details and OTPs from members of the public.

Members of the public are advised to take the following precautions when they receive unsolicited calls to surrender money or banking credentials to others in order to avoid criminal investigations:

1. Ignore such calls and the caller’s instructions.

2. No local government agency will demand payment through an undocumented medium like a telephone call or other social messaging platforms, demand that you surrender cash to unnamed persons, or ask you for personal banking information such as your internet banking passwords.

3. Never share your bank account details, credit or debit card details and OTPs with anyone;

4. If in doubt, call ‘999’ or approach a police officer at the Neighbourhood Police Centre near you.

If you have information related to such cases, please call the Police hotline at 1800-255-0000, or submit it online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness.

Please dial ‘999’ if you require urgent Police assistance.

For more information on scams, members of the public can visit www.scamalert.sg or call the Anti-Scam Hotline at 1800-722-6688.

Join the ‘Spot the Signs. Stop the Crimes’ campaign at www.scamalert.sg/fight by signing up as an advocate to receive up-to-date messages and share them with your family and friends.

Together, we can help stop scams and prevent our loved ones from becoming the next victim.