Palanidas Ramadas, 19-years-old, pleaded guilty on 2 December to eight charges including causing hurt with a weapon.
He had used a bread knife to attack a schoolmate at an ITE campus in February while being out of bail for separate offences.
The knife used in the attack was given to him by another 18-year-old ITE student. (the two are no longer students of ITE).
What happened?
Palanidas was out on bail on 15 February 2021 for offenses that he committed, including using a teenage girl’s mobile phone to send pictures of a 31-year-old man’s NRIC and drivers license to himself (without her knowledge) to rent vehicles from Shariot.
The man had sent the pictures to the girl to help her sign up for BlueSG.
He was then caught for illegally driving a car when the traffic police stopped his vehicle along the PIE on 30 December 2020.
He was then out on bail on 15 February this year when he asked his accomplice to bring a bread knife to school because his friend had “problems”.
Palanidas got into an argument with the 20-year-old victim in the school canteen over a staring incident and asked him to meet at the school carpark.
He then swung the bread knife at the victim’s chest as the latter tried to shield himself, the victim then ran and managed to escape before calling his father for help, who then called the police.
The victim suffered founds on his left shoulder and ear.
Palanidas fled after the attack and threw away the bread knife, before being arrested on 17 February.
He is due to return to court on 11 January 2022 for sentencing and mitigation.