56-year-old Belgian Willy Frida D Burm, a Singapore PR, was sentenced to 4 weeks imprisonment on 13 December after pleading guilty to one count of using criminal force to deter a public servant from his duty, and another count for insulting a public servant, with 3 other charges being considered for his sentencing.
What happened?
In January 2020, Burm had drunk some wine at a tapas bar in VivoCity before going to Wala Wala Cafe Bar to drink beer.
At about 6pm, Burm went over to another customer’s table and grabbed the man’s laptop, before using the laptop to hit the table thrice.
A bouncer then stepped in to intervene but Burm refused to let go of the laptop and left the bar with the laptop in hand.
The police were then alerted to the incident, and police officers approached Burm after he left Wala to ask him to hand over the laptop.
Burm then held the laptop over his head and threatened to drop it on the ground, which he eventually did, damaging the laptop in the process.
When the police tried to get him into a police car after arresting him, Burm headbutted one of the police officers and used vulgarities on them.