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Sep 30, 2009
Man fined for flashing <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent </td></tr> </tbody></table><!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->
A MAN who flashed himself in full view of his neighbour opposite was fined $800 on Wednesday. Graham Wayne Smith, 60, a trainer, pleaded guilty to the offence at his Yishun flat at about 1am on March 10. A magistrate's court heard that a 43-year-old housewife living opposite Smith reported him to the police for doing an obscene act. Investigation showed that the complainant was in the kitchen when she noticed Smith looking at her flat with a pair of binoculars. After telling her 18-year-old daughter, they switched off the kitchen lights.
A while later, when the complainant switched on the lights again, she saw Smith in the buff. Smith admitted to the police that he had used the binoculars to look into the complainant's unit and intentionally removed his clothes and masturbated in front of them. Pleading for leniency, his lawyer, Mr Paul, said his client, who has been married to a Singaporean for more than 30 years, was contrite, remorseful and ashamed of what he did. That night, he said Smith was working late at home and was under much stress. Not a habitual drinker, he took some wine and a bit of his wife's sleeping tablet. The lawyer said in his mitigation plea that the incident had brought the couple closer, and both were actively seeking all help to save their marriage. Smith also had health and other family-related problems, he said. He could have been fined up to $2,000 and/or jailed for up to three months.
Sep 30, 2009
Man fined for flashing <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent </td></tr> </tbody></table><!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->
A MAN who flashed himself in full view of his neighbour opposite was fined $800 on Wednesday. Graham Wayne Smith, 60, a trainer, pleaded guilty to the offence at his Yishun flat at about 1am on March 10. A magistrate's court heard that a 43-year-old housewife living opposite Smith reported him to the police for doing an obscene act. Investigation showed that the complainant was in the kitchen when she noticed Smith looking at her flat with a pair of binoculars. After telling her 18-year-old daughter, they switched off the kitchen lights.
A while later, when the complainant switched on the lights again, she saw Smith in the buff. Smith admitted to the police that he had used the binoculars to look into the complainant's unit and intentionally removed his clothes and masturbated in front of them. Pleading for leniency, his lawyer, Mr Paul, said his client, who has been married to a Singaporean for more than 30 years, was contrite, remorseful and ashamed of what he did. That night, he said Smith was working late at home and was under much stress. Not a habitual drinker, he took some wine and a bit of his wife's sleeping tablet. The lawyer said in his mitigation plea that the incident had brought the couple closer, and both were actively seeking all help to save their marriage. Smith also had health and other family-related problems, he said. He could have been fined up to $2,000 and/or jailed for up to three months.
