Barricade jumper who rushed at Ariana Grande at Singapore event given 9 days’ jail for public nuisance

On seeing this, Erivo and several security guards moved to stop him.

This disrupted the event and shocked many fans, the prosecution said.

As Wen was being escorted out, he suddenly turned back and ran towards the yellow carpet and made a second attempt to jump over the barricade.

This time, he was stopped and pinned by security officers.

That night, Wen posted on Instagram, saying he was free after being arrested. He also posted videos of the incident on TikTok and Instagram and thanked Grande.

Multiple videos of the incident circulated on social media. Local and international news outlets also published articles about the incident.

Wen admitted that he knew his acts would cause annoyance to the public.

Investigations showed that Wen had a pattern of disrupting high-profile events, including concerts by Katy Perry, The Chainsmokers and The Weeknd.

In follow-up investigations, the police located Wen at Temple Street on Nov 14 and arrested him for public nuisance.

He has been remanded for four days.

Wen listened quietly to proceedings and appeared to have trouble understanding some of the phrases read out by the court officer, asking her to repeat herself a few times.

When asked what language he spoke, he said: “English. Australia.”

Deputy Public Prosecutor Jane Lim sought a week’s jail, saying that while Wen had no criminal record in Singapore, he is by no means a first-time offender.

Instead, he is a “serial intruder” with a “glaring lack of remorse”, and a sufficiently deterrent sentence is needed to impress upon him that such conduct is criminal in nature and will not be condoned in Singapore, said Ms Lim.

In mitigation, Wen said: “I won’t do it again, your honour.”

Judge Goh asked him: “Are you just paying lip service, or is this indeed your intention?”

Wen replied: “Yes, I’m going to stop, your honour … Been getting into trouble, your honour.”

In response, the prosecutor said jail was needed, despite Wen saying he would not do it again.

“Because his conduct has to stop at some point, and he has to change,” said Ms Lim, stressing that the only sentence that would achieve this outcome is a jail term.

In sentencing, Judge Goh said Wen had committed numerous similar acts, but not in Singapore.

“And it does not appear that you had faced any sort of consequences for your past acts, and perhaps you thought that the same will occur here, that is to say, you would have suffered no consequences for the same acts here,” said the judge.

“Mr Wen, you are wrong. You should be mindful that there are always consequences for one’s actions.”

He agreed with the prosecution that his act was premeditated, planned, and carried out intentionally to catch the attention of other people.

While there was no actual harm caused in this case, there was a possibility of potential harm, as a breach of the security barrier could have caused panic, said Judge Goh.

“It was fortunate that something bad did not occur,” said the judge. “You seem to be attention-seeking, thinking only of yourself and not the safety of others when committing these acts.”

He agreed with the prosecution that Wen showed a lack of remorse, “brazenly” posting an Instagram story to show that he was free after his arrest.

While the judge agreed with the prosecution on the submission for jail, he said “a small uplift” was appropriate and imposed nine days’ jail, saying he hoped this would end Wen’s behaviour “for good”.

For public nuisance, Wen could have been jailed for up to three months, fined up to S$2,000, or both.