Man jailed for robbing friend
SINGAPORE: He took his friend's car – by force – and drove
it for more than a month. Now David Tay Chin Heng, 36, will be
caned and jailed for not knowing how to accept "no" for an
answer.
Tay had wanted to borrow the Honda Fit on March 4 this
year, but his friend refused, saying he needed it for work.
The odd-job labourer continued his attempts to persuade his friend,
but when the latter would not budge, Tay pulled out a metal rod
from his pouch and warned his friend not to "make him go
crazy".
When his friend tried to drive out of the car park at Kaki Bukit
Place, Tay snatched the key out of the ignition. Out of fear, his
friend surrendered the vehicle to him and made a police report the
next day.
The car was found more than a month later, abandoned in Bencoolen
Street. The police found a metal rod, a baseball bat and a Swiss
Army knife in the vehicle.
On Monday, Tay was jailed three years and a month, and ordered to
be caned 12 times for robbery and driving without a valid licence
and insurance. He will also be disqualified from driving for four
years after his release.
- TODAY/so