Singapore
Mar 9, 2010
Scot jailed for attacking cabby
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Jamie Rae Hislop was jailed two months after he pleaded guilty to hurting cabby Gibson Goh Kok Kiong, 46. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGARAN
AFTER some drinks in Holland Village, a British electrical engineer attacked the taxi driver driving him home to Great World City. Jamie Rae Hislop, 47, a Scot, was jailed two months on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to hurting cabby Gibson Goh Kok Kiong, 46. His lawyer Rajan Supramiam alleged that the taxi was speeding and Rae got angry because the cabby refused to slow down. Last week, a man who admitted to neck-locking a cabby nearly causing the taxi to crash, was jailed for six weeks.
Security guard Sukhdew Singh, 54, argued over the mode of payment while the cabby was driving along the Bukit Timah Expressway in September 2008 towards Sukhdew's home in Choa Chu Kang. Sukhdew then wrapped his left forearm around the victim's neck. Mr Cha bit Singh's arm and in the struggle, the cabby lost control of the taxi, causing a lorry behind to almost hit his cab. For hurting the cabbies, Sukhdew and Rae could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined up to $5,000. Both Sukhdew and Rae are appealing and are out on bail.
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Mar 9, 2010
Scot jailed for attacking cabby
<!-- by line --> By Khushwant Singh
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Jamie Rae Hislop was jailed two months after he pleaded guilty to hurting cabby Gibson Goh Kok Kiong, 46. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGARAN
AFTER some drinks in Holland Village, a British electrical engineer attacked the taxi driver driving him home to Great World City. Jamie Rae Hislop, 47, a Scot, was jailed two months on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to hurting cabby Gibson Goh Kok Kiong, 46. His lawyer Rajan Supramiam alleged that the taxi was speeding and Rae got angry because the cabby refused to slow down. Last week, a man who admitted to neck-locking a cabby nearly causing the taxi to crash, was jailed for six weeks.
Security guard Sukhdew Singh, 54, argued over the mode of payment while the cabby was driving along the Bukit Timah Expressway in September 2008 towards Sukhdew's home in Choa Chu Kang. Sukhdew then wrapped his left forearm around the victim's neck. Mr Cha bit Singh's arm and in the struggle, the cabby lost control of the taxi, causing a lorry behind to almost hit his cab. For hurting the cabbies, Sukhdew and Rae could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined up to $5,000. Both Sukhdew and Rae are appealing and are out on bail.
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