By Fann Sim | Yahoo! Newsroom – 1 hour 53 minutes ago
The New Zealander who jumped bail after being charged
with assault at Suntec City in 2010 has turned himself in.
Robert Dahlberg, 35, was arrested upon his return to
Singapore on Thursday and was presented in court on Friday, the
Singapore Police Force (SPF) said in a media statement.
In a statement, Dahlberg said that he "voluntarily returned to
Singapore on 6 September to face charges relating to an incident on
11 April 2010".
"I return to co-operate fully with the Singapore authorities and
abide by the due process of the case before the Singapore courts,"
the options broker said. He was accompanied by his father Bill
Dahlberg.
Dahlberg will face charges for voluntarily causing grevious hurt
and a rash act causing hurt under the penal code. He is represented
by lead counsel Wendell Wong from Drew & Napier.
The Kiwi was due to face charges in July last year after being
allegedly involved in a drunken attack on two taxi drivers and two
passenger at Suntec City in April two years ago.
He was granted a $25,000 bail on the condition he return to
Singapore for sentencing. However, he did not return on 29 July 2011, and is
understood to have travelling to London and Hong Kong. A warrant
for his arrest was issued on 12 September that year and he was
listed on the Interpol's list of wanted persons.
Two other foreign nationals, an Australian and a Briton, were also
charged in court in July last year.
Dahlberg allegedly caused hurt to businessman Laurence Wong Seong,
39, and Paul Louis Liew Kai Ming, 27 by swinging a punch at the
former and pushing the latter against a pillar.
Australian Nathan Miller, 36, supposedly punched another cabby in
the face and jumped onto the taxi's bonnet. Miller was sentenced to
three weeks’ jail in February this year after pleading guilty to
one charge of voluntarily causing hurt.
Separately, Briton Robert Springall, 25, allegedly used a taxi
without the driver's consent and crashed it. He was also said to
have pushed the 58-year-old taxi driver's chest. Springall left and
returned to Singapore after his application to leave for the United
Kingdom between 25 August and 5 September last year was granted.
However, it is unclear if Springall was asked to surrender his
passport upon his return.
He left Singapore in December without obtaining court permission
and absconded. Springall is still at large and a warrant of arrest
has been issued for him.
(Additional reporting by Ang Kaifong)
