Property agent jailed for causing pedestrian's death and other offences
Published on Jul 16, 2013
By Elena Chong
A property agent, who caused the death of a pedestrian and committed other traffic offences, was jailed a total of six months and fined $7,000 on Tuesday. Godfrey Guo Yuen Far, 51, was also banned from driving for 10 years.
He pleaded guilty to six charges - causing death by negligence, twice for driving while under suspension, speeding, driving without insurance coverage and using a mobile phone while driving.
A district court heard that Guo was driving along Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 in the early hours on March 5 this year when he failed to keep a proper lookout and hit Mr Boojang Salmard, 73, at a pedestrian crossing. Mr Boojang died 31/2 hours later in hospital from a severe head injury.
Two months later, a patrol officer caught him using his phone while driving along Lorong 23 Geylang.
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