Man who separately attacked 2 men with machete and bottle jailed with caning
A 23-year-old Indonesian national hit a man on the head with a glass bottle during a commotion at a nightclub in July last year, a court heard.
While out on court bail two months later, Juliangga Suganda slashed a man’s hand with a machete with a 30cm blade.
At the State Courts on Monday (3 December), Juliangga, a Singapore permanent resident, was jailed for six months after pleading guilty to the earlier offence of causing hurt by a dangerous weapon.
He is currently serving a three-and-a-half year jail term, with 12 strokes of the cane, for the machete incident. He had pleaded guilty to one charge of causing grievous hurt by a dangerous weapon and one count of possession of a scheduled weapon.
The six-month jail term he received on Monday was ordered to run upon the expiry of his current jail term, which was meted out in May.
On 16 July last year, sometime between 2am and 2.36am, Juliangga hit 22-year-old victim Muhamad Fahmi Amin’s head with a 750ml glass bottle at Wave House in Sentosa during a commotion at the entertainment venue.
The victim, who had a 5cm cut to the forehead, received three days of medical leave.
Two months later, on 24 September, at about 2am to 3am, Juliangga, and five friends sat on benches near Block 56 Marine Terrace.
Another group, consisting of Yuvaraj V J Kumaran, 23, a Malaysian chef, and five friends were walking from a pub towards Block 4 Marine Terrace.
Juliangga’s shouted at Yuvaraj’s group as they were talking loudly. Juliangga asked the group, “What do you want?” But Yuvaraj’s group ignored Juliangga’s group and continued walking.
Feeling angry, Juliangga ran back to his home nearby. He took out a machete with its blade covered in newspaper from under his bed. He slotted the weapon into the waist of his pants and ran back to confront the group.
Along with two friends, Juliangga confronted Yuvaraj, during which the victim put his hand on Juliangga’s shoulder and asked him, “What is your problem?”
Juliangga replied, “Who are you to put your hands on me,” before pushing Yuvaraj’s hand away and taking out his machete. Juliangga swung the weapon towards Yuvaraj, who used his left hand to block the blow. After slashing Yuvaraj’s hand, Juliangga fled.
Yuvaraj had complete cuts to some nerves, arteries and tendons in his left index and middle fingers. He received 68 days of medical leave in total.
The maximum penalty for causing hurt by a dangerous weapon is up to seven years’ jail along with a fine and caning.
The maximum punishment for causing grievous hurt by a dangerous weapon is up to 15 years’ jail along with a fine and caning.
The maximum penalty for possessing a scheduled weapon for a first offence is up to five years’ jail and at least six strokes of the cane; the penalty for a second or subsequent offence is between two and eight years’ jail and at least six strokes of the cane.
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