Schizophrenic man jailed for stabbing, threatening strangers with scissors
Published on Nov 20, 2014 12:02 PM
By Ian Poh
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SINGAPORE - Paranoid that people were following him, a schizophrenic man stabbed three strangers with a pair of scissors in a span of three hours.
Ong Eng Huat, 44, attacked his victims from behind on the morning of April 12, after approaching them by the side of the road and at a void deck in Yishun and Ang Mo Kio. The attacks left the victims bleeding and in need of medical leave.
The jobless man also criminally intimidated four others in February and April, on one occasion holding the scissors to a cabby's neck and threatening to stab him if he would not drive.
On Thursday, Ong was sentenced to three years in jail, after pleading guilty to two of seven charges arising from his actions.
