Posted: 21 September 2010 1913 hrs
SINGAPORE : The High Court has made it clear that there
can be no excuse for anyone to throw killer litter out of his
flat.
Justice V K Rajah said as long as a person can tell right from
wrong, he will be jailed.
The judge made this point during an appeal by pizza delivery boy,
Tan Kwan Sin, 21, who had been sentenced to six weeks' jail for
throwing the leg of a chair out of his flat on January 31.
The 37-centimetre long piece injured a passer-by below who did not
require medical attention.
Tan's lawyer asked the court to sentence Tan to probation instead
of a jail term because he had an IQ of 87 and was under stress as
his parents were going through a divorce at that time.
Justice Rajah said it was pure luck that Tan's act had not caused a
more serious injury.
Although Tan was "not the brightest bulb in the box", he knew right
from wrong and could hold down a job.
Justice Rajah, however, acknowledged that the six-week sentence by
the district judge was excessive and reduced Tan's sentence to
three weeks in prison.
- CNA/al
