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After drinking at least six bottles of beer, he attacked the elderly SBS Transit bus driver, throwing blows at his victim as the terrified passengers hid on the upper deck.
Yesterday Seng Oh Kwang, 69, a retiree, was jailed for six weeks for assaulting the bus driver while intoxicated.
At around 7 p.m. on August 16 last year, Seng met friends at a coffee shop on Upper Cross Street and drank more than six bottles of beer.
He boarded a 186 service bus at around 11.15pm while he was heavily intoxicated.
At approximately 11:40 p.m., while the bus was on Farrer Road, the 70-year-old driver heard Seng hitting the handrails and told him to stop.
Annoyed, Seng confronted the driver who closed the bus doors while waiting for the police.
For the next 15 minutes, Seng threw a barrage of blows at the driver until he was crouched over the wheel clutching his face.
Security camera footage reproduced in court yesterday showed Seng slapping and punching the driver in the face, head and back of the head 11 times.
Seng also grabbed the driver by the neck and pulled him several times, as the elderly victim struggled to avoid being hit.
The court was told that some passengers hid on the upper deck during this time to avoid Seng.
None of them seemed to intervene, in the reproduced images.
After police and paramedics arrived, the bus driver was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital and found to have sustained injuries to his right eye and the left side of his face.
He was discharged the same day and was granted a three-day medical leave.
Yesterday, Seng told the court that on the night of the incident, he had just finished 100 days of prayer for his dead mother and therefore went to drink his sentences.
He asked for clemency and asked for a postponement of the sentence so that he could celebrate his granddaughter’s birthday next week.
Deputy Prosecutor Kor Zhen Hong said that while he noted Seng’s stress and mitigation, the attack was cruel and sustained against an elderly public worker.
He added that Seng had been convicted in 2004 of driving under the influence of alcohol.
District Judge May Mesenas allowed a brief postponement of Seng’s sentence and said he needed to deal with his underlying pain and alcohol problems.
Seng is out on $ 5,000 bail and is expected to turn himself in to begin serving his sentence on October 14.
For willfully causing harm, you could have been jailed for up to three years, or a fine of up to $ 5,000, or both.
For being drunk in a public place, you could have been jailed for up to six months, or a fine of up to $ 1,000, or both.
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