Updated: 10/23/2013 18:52 | By Channel NewsAsia
Man fined for criminal intimidation and causing hurt
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SINGAPORE: A cargo specialist has been fined S$5,000 for criminal intimidation and causing hurt.
Thirty-two-year-old Aung Kyaw Swar Hlaing on Wednesday admitted to three charges.
The court heard how he had too much to drink, and barged into a boutique at Far East Plaza, clad only in a T-shirt and red underwear.
This was when the 26-year-old boutique owner was closing her shop.
The accused gestured to the victim to keep quiet but she screamed for help.
In his haste to stop her screaming, the accused pushed the victim further into the boutique and pinned her to the ground.
During their struggle, a sales associate heard the screams and went to take a look.
He shouted at the accused and the victim managed to flee.
But the sales associate got hit on the head thrice by the accused, who did so using a mannequin display stand.
Court documents showed that the accused was later found hiding at the sixth level of the fire exit staircase area.
In sentencing, District Judge Lim Tse Haw noted that this was the accused's first brush with the law.
But he pointed out that if the sales associate did not appear in time, the offence could have been more serious.
The maximum penalty for criminal intimidation is a jail term of two years and fine, while the highest punishment for causing hurt is a two-year jail term and S$5,000 fine. - CNA/ms
