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    Businessmen charged in drunken cabby fight

    Three Caucasians involved in an alleged drunken assault last year have been charged in court yesterday. (Yahoo! photo)Three Caucasians involved in an alleged drunken assault last year have been charged in court yesterday. (Yahoo! …

    Three businessmen who were allegedly involved in a drunken attack on two taxi drivers and two passengers in Suntec City last year were charged in a Singapore court on Thursday.

    New Zealander Robert Stephen Dahlberg, 34, and Australian Nathan Robert Miller, 35, faced two charges, while Briton Robert James Springall, 24, faced three.

    On the early morning of 11 April last year at Suntec City, Dahlberg, an options broker, allegedly caused hurt to businessman Laurence Wong Seong, 38, in a rash act, and grievous hurt to Paul Louis Liew Kai Ming, 26, by shoving the latter against a pillar, giving him a forehead gash and a broken nose, reported The Straits Times.

    The two alleged victims had walked out of Balaclava, a pub at Suntec City, together with Wong's girlfriend, and were about to board the taxi driven by his friend, 45-year-old Tay Gek Heng, a cabbie, when Miller supposedly punched Tay in the face and jumped onto the taxi bonnet.

    Separately, Springall, also an options broker, is accused of shoving taxi driver Tan Boon Kin, 57, and forcibly taking control of the taxi, driving it into a signage pole on the driveway near the Starbucks outlet on Temasek Boulevard.

    Springall's case will be brought up again on 11 August, Miller's will be on 14 July and Dahlberg's will be some time late next month.

    Bail for the first two has been set at $6,000 and $10,000, respectively, while Dahlberg's has been raised to $25,000 as he has been given permission to travel to London and Hong Kong from Monday until the end of this month.

    A conviction for grievous hurt carries a maximum penalty of 10 years' jail and a fine or caning, while for causing hurt the penalty is up to two years jail, a $5,000 fine or both.

     
     
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    440 comments

    • Max  •  8 months ago
      how do we find out what sentence they get if the news doesnt report it, is there a site we can go to to find out - i want to know that they get jail for such stupid action.
    • observer  •  10 months ago
      Those three have committed criminal offenses and yet one of them is given permission to travel outside Singapore. Normally their passports would be impounded. I am disappointed that our legal department can be so relaxed towards a foreigner who is out on bail.
      Do you think he will return to stand trial? Let's bet.
      • Enviro Sense 10 months ago
        He'll not come back, he still wants to keep his butt stroke (scars) free.
      • Ogin Tofu 10 months ago
        Aiyah, why are they like that? Drink & fight, drive taxi some more. My lau kong tired of driving taxi already, they can have his cab lah.
    • Doveblue  •  10 months ago
      Today's news says a hawker s sentenced to 14 months jail for attacking a person with a ladle. let's see how these 3 jerks are sentenced. Remember the hawker's sentence everyone.
      • Jackson Harjanto 10 months ago
        And I bet the SINGAPOREAN hawker's offence happened NOT TOO LONG ago?
    • lupo  •  10 months ago
      I honestly hope the Singapore government would wake up to the shenanigans of expats in our country. No amount of 'foreign talent' is worth the precious lives of Singaporeans who are a superior nationality. Being a minority nowadays in our home country is embaressing to begin with, and living in constant awareness of drunken abusive behaviour with F**king Guai lows who think they're super F**king man after a couple of pints of tiger is irrefutably disappointing with our law enforcement system. The police have no international immunity against these F**kers and would not take appropriate action to hold them to their actions. Use the baton, use the cuffs, use the freaking taser if need be, the law enforcement of Singapore has to ensure that Singaporean's safety are first and foremost and should utilise any necessary force or action to make that a fact.
      The bail is utterly embaressing, and who the hell would allow an expat who has commited such an atrocious crime to leave the country. Why the hell are we even celebrating national day when it isnt our country anymore. Instead of parading the tanks around the padang, utilise the labour to patrol the streets to rid ourselves of F**king arseholes who have nothing to lose. These 3 F**kers whould be sent back to their respective countries or face public humiliation by caning and a couple of photos on the internet. And honestly, the government back then with Michael Faye and then with the druggie from Australia should decide on this case.
      Singaporeans please, focus on this case with all your attention as if they get off lightly, it will only fuel other MutherF**king idiots to come forward. then hopefully, we would have a riot on our hands with the local kids attempting to rid ourselves of kuai lows.
      No point having such an elaborate general election when the concerns of Singaporean well beings are at stake here. Hypocrisy at its max.
      • All for Improvement 10 months ago
        Well said, true Singaporean. We must be ONE!. Never give "face" to any such Foreigners who think they are better than us...BULLSHIT ! They are just "No Class" Foreigners!
      • Bukit 10 months ago
        Just couldn’t understand why it takes so long for them to stand trial. The fight happened on the 11 April last year and it is already more than a year now. If this case is happened between Singaporeans, I think we will be trial, sentence, put in jail, cane or fine without hesitation. I guess the Authority is still not sure what to do with these Chao Ang Moh.
    • Wansai Ounkeo  •  10 months ago
      6k bail? That's extremely lenient for people who have 6k in their pocket as change.

      It's not that hard to classify this as it should be:

      Grand Theft Auto: In some Western countries, this is a federal crime.

      Driving uner the influence,

      Destruction of public property.

      Destruction of private property.

      Assault with intention to cause grievous harm.

      Public endangerment.

      Rioting.

      Come on now. In any other country, you gang up on someone, break their nose and head, steal their car, drive it away drunk and crash it, you'd be in jail for 10+ years, lose your license, and get sued for $20,000,000 from their victim.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  10 months ago
      MHA is not effective enough to bring back "runaways" like IONESCIUCIU ??? etc
      ONLY 26 K ?? Dissapear la, if allows to travels .... what else.
      All the best to FT ????? or ......
    • RIP  •  10 months ago
      let them be FINE / JAIL / CANE, after this sue by the victim for compensation, regardless whether foreign or local, justice must be serve accordingly with fairness
      • harryho 10 months ago
        Since when it happen ?
    • Chan  •  10 months ago
      This is total disrespect for the peace and of the laws of the land. Maximum Jail term + fine + caning. Also full compensation for the victims and their properties.

      Don't spare the rod and spoil the children.

      Caning does make a lasting impression! If not on the mind at least on the buttock.
      • harryho 10 months ago
        Maybe one of them would need a warrart of arrest in near future,lol.
    • Tan  •  10 months ago
      25k$ and he can travel to london?? OMG... thats what the rich can do! 25k is peanuts to him, yet it give him a chance to just run off. See?? Thats what good a being RICH!
    • PAP_Sucks!  •  10 months ago
      All these white trash must kena caned and locked up then they will learn. Come to our country and think they are superior to us.. Don't test our patience.. We are just keeping quiet.. And how come gto pending case still cn come out on bail and travel overseas??.. Ang moh so SG govt scared to go hard on them?..
    • observer  •  10 months ago
      I got a strong feeling that our gahment has given some of those FT the impression that they are doing Singapore a very big favor by working here. That without them our economy will sink. This is reflected in their barbaric behaviors and vandalism totally disregarding the law here. Are we so dependent on them that they feel they are immune to the law here???
    • KING BEAR  •  10 months ago
      When the judge see ang moh their balls go smaller, voice cracking with fear????
      That @#$% run to UK and talk bad, just like mitchael Faye case. Brought in their President. This will be same.But only the UK ex-colonial Master this time. Let us see what justice by PAP Law Minister???? His ball will be gone when the London Lawyer challenge him???????? His Indian English against the fixed upper Lip British??? Show usS ingaporean you PAP Law Capability??? Sue peoples to Bankrupt them and so on but against those DRUNKEN BRITISHS, AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND RUBBISHS PAP BECOME A BUNCH OF DUMB MONKEY WITH NO BALLS. WE ARE WAITING TO SEE HOW DARING PAP ARE TO CANE THEM, JAIL THEM AND BANISH THEM NEVER TO RETURN??????THOSE ARE NOT TALENTS BUT TRASHS HOOLIGANS.???
    • All for Improvement  •  10 months ago
      11 April 2010 was a Sunday. This means the blokes must have been drinking since Saturday night and having fun with all the Foreign waitresses at the bar. These Foreign Ang Mohs regard Spore as a Sex City, with so many Foreign waitresses and prostitutes plying their trade here. Our Police Force tends to close an eye when dealing with them.
      I feel sorry for the Singaporeans who were assaulted. I presume the Ang Mohs took advantage of their hefty builds and walloped the poor guys.
      It is very surprising that bails granted for the Ang Mohs were peanuts.
    • jackee  •  10 months ago
      this is the quality of our so- called 'foreign talent' that our PAP government suck up to..?? tsk tsk tsk...
    • Dante  •  10 months ago
      Balaclava is a well-known 'meat market'.

      Three Caucasians going home without a gal?

      No wonder they vented their anger at Wong and Liew.

      They must be unable to tolerate the sight of another man escorting a lady up the taxi.

      Verdict: when booze and brain don't mix well, an idiot is borned.
    • D F  •  10 months ago
      I am afraid there is going to be trouble from certain races who came here with all sorts of ideas on how to create trouble. the other day i was hit from the back from a causasian white also while alighting from the MRT. he was pushed by someone and apparently mistaken me for it. as a big burly person of the north european race, such ppl is probably turned bullies when surrounded by lesser build ppl around him.

      Hence my advice to the authorities to please do the right thing and impose the harshest of penalties on such people who abuse the hospitality of a country who welcomed them to play and work here but in the end received nothing else besides pain and damage.

      Caning them should also be considered high favourbly in this case to "inform" such ppl what a returned bodily punishment feels like when they were injuring others. Bail shouldnt indeed have been granted as it will likely be jumped.
    • CeeKanake  •  10 months ago
      Only $25k bail?? That's peanuts to an options broker!! What if he doesn't return?!
    • RIGHTEOUS65  •  10 months ago
      remember the michael fay incident where the other european boy who left fled sg forever...this dalhberg was given permission to go to hk, i doubt his rtn... as his @#$% wont be able to take the sg cane !!
    • Asian  •  10 months ago
      Hey pigs. Get the F out of Asia. W**** and pigs no longer welcome in Asia, Go back to the shithole you belong.
    • for the poor  •  10 months ago
      White trash washed up to our shore!

      Cannot get employment in their home country, crawl to our shore to be considered as FT. But in fact they are the unemployed! PUI

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