Man jailed for inching van into woman after she followed him for not stopping at zebra crossing

SINGAPORE: When she noticed {that a} van driver did not cease at a zebra crossing she was standing at, a woman followed him to the automotive park and confronted him earlier than putting her palms on his windscreen.

The man began his engine and inched his automobile ahead, coming into contact along with her thrice though she shouted at him to cease.

Mazlan Ujod, 46, was sentenced to a month's jail and banned from driving for a 12 months on Wednesday (Oct 27). He pleaded responsible to 1 cost of inflicting damage by a rash act endangering private security.

The court docket heard that the sufferer was about to cross a zebra crossing in Jurong West at 9.50pm on Apr 6, 2019, when she noticed the accused driving his van.

As he was approaching the crossing, she did not cross, however famous that he did not cease at the zebra crossing. Instead, he drove into a carpark close to 492 Jurong West Street 41.

The sufferer followed the automobile as she wished to confront the driving force and test if he was drunk. When confronted, Mazlan mentioned he had not seen her because it was darkish and that he was not intoxicated. 

The woman instructed him to attend for the police to reach, however Mazlan mentioned he was in a rush and boarded his van.

As the woman did not need Mazlan to depart, she stood in entrance of his van and positioned each palms on the windscreen, the prosecutor mentioned.

Mazlan began his engine and inched it ahead, along with his van coming into contact with the woman's thigh.

The sufferer moved again, and Mazlan inched his van ahead as soon as more and made contact along with her once more. The sufferer shouted at Mazlan, asking him to cease hitting her along with his van. 

Eventually, after hitting the sufferer once more along with his automobile, Mazlan managed to drive away. The police arrived solely after Mazlan had left. 

The sufferer was taken to hospital for remedy. As the ache in her leg did not subside, she returned a couple of days later and was warded for a number of days. She was identified with a knee contusion and given hospitalisation depart.

Mazlan's lawyer requested for leniency, saying her shopper had no earlier convictions. He is the only breadwinner of his household and a prolonged imprisonment would trigger him to lose his job, she mentioned.

The prosecutor mentioned Mazlan was making an attempt to shift the blame to the sufferer, and that this reveals a scarcity of regret. However, she did not search a compensation order as she famous there was a "possibility of a civil suit".

For inflicting damage by a rash act endangering private security, Mazlan may have been jailed as much as a 12 months and fined as much as S$5,000.