Man stabbed party-goer in eye with tongs during bar fight; jailed nine months
Published on Dec 1, 2014 1:01 PM
By Ian Poh
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SINGAPORE - A drunk man who assaulted a fellow party-goer with a pair of aluminium tongs, leaving the victim bleeding from the eye and with a fractured eye socket, was sentenced on Monday to nine months in prison for the unprovoked attack.
During a brawl at Club V5 last July, Dickson Tan Yong Wen stabbed Mr Teo Kiee Kee in the region of his right eye with the tongs, which he had picked up from the bar counter nearby.
Mr Teo also suffered bruising and a fracture in his forehead. He needed five days of medical leave, spent $952.65 on medical expenses, and still suffers from "debilitating" double vision that "affects his ability to move around".
On Monday, Tan, 27, admitted causing grievous hurt to Mr Teo, 26.
