A 33-year-old man turned up late at his son’s primary school to pick up the boy, before threatening to kill the school principal and using vulgarities on her.
The man, who cannot be named due to a court order protecting the child’s identity under the Children and Young Persons Act, was subsequently fined $2,000 on 9 February for harassment.
What happened?
The man was supposed to pick up his son from his primary school on 4 April 2022 at about 11.30am, but he showed up 50 minutes later.
He later created a scene in the general office of the school and confronted one of the teachers, asking them if they had done enough for his son, before using vulgarities on the teacher.
The school principal was then alerted to the commotion and she went forward to help the teacher, suggesting that the man join her and a few other teachers in a boardroom to further discuss the issue.
However, the man continued to be aggressive and threatened to kill the school principal, and the police were then alerted to the situation.
Other offences
Separately, the man was also convicted of several traffic offences and sentenced to 13 weeks imprisonment and another fine of $2,000.
He was also banned from holding or obtaining all classes of driving licences for 10 years upon his release from prison.
Not his first traffic offence
The man had earlier been disqualified from holding or obtaining all classes of driving licenses for 5 years from 29 September 2020 to 28 September 2025.
However, despite his driving ban, he still went ahead and drove a car along Ghim Moh Link on 13 January 2022, before being stopped by the Traffic Police during checks, where they found that he was not supposed to be driving.
He was then arrested.
He then reoffended once again and was caught speeding on a motorcycle along the PIE on 6 March 2022 at about 12.40am.
He also altered his vehicle’s number place in order to avoid detection, but was caught when the traffic police identified him through the use of police camera footage obtained from a carpark where he parked his motorbike.
He was subsequently arrested and charged in court back in 2022.
For that offence, he is expected to surrender himself on 2 March to the State Courts and begin his prison sentence.