SINGAPORE: Upset with a man he had earlier argued with, a man standing on a pavement threw a bottle at the other man, who was seated on the upper deck of a double-decker bus.
The bottle broke through a window of the SMRT bus and struck the man’s wife, cutting her cheek.
Quztaza Kamarudin, 38, was sentenced to seven months and two weeks’ jail on Wednesday (Dec 24) and ordered to pay compensation of S$3,038.58 (US$2,369).
If he does not pay the compensation, he will have to serve another 20 days in prison
He had earlier pleaded guilty to one count each of committing a rash act, mischief and theft. Five other similar charges were taken into consideration for sentencing.
At about 5.30pm on Jul 5 this year, Quztaza and his friends boarded a double-decker SMRT bus on service 190 from Bukit Panjang.
While on the upper deck, Quztaza drank from a bottle of soju. About an hour later, he and his friends wanted to alight at a bus stop near The Heeren along Orchard Road.
At the top of the staircase leading to the lower deck, Quztaza and one of his friends found their path blocked by a couple, Mr Lim Phang Kai and his wife, whose name was not revealed in court documents.
Quztaza and Mr Lim exchanged vulgarities before Quztaza alighted.
Mr Lim and his wife then sat down on the upper deck, with the woman seated closer to the window.
The bus moved off but stopped at a red traffic light shortly after. Quztaza and his friend walked past the bus on the pavement.
