As a result of the collision with the car, the driver and his passenger both suffered pain in their backs and necks and were given three days’ leave. The car repairs cost S$1,561.
Using the car plate on the Maserati, police officers visited a man and found a similar Maserati at his home, bearing the same vehicle plate number but painted yellow.
The man denied any involvement in the accidents, and the police found Yew’s black Maserati at a workshop in Kaki Bukit and identified him as the owner of the car involved in the accidents.
A check of the chassis number of Yew’s car revealed that he had displayed a forged vehicle plate. The original vehicle plate had been deregistered on Dec 31, 2023.
Yew claimed that he had bought the car from a person named “Steve” in 2021 for S$30,000 in cash. He admitted that he had been driving the car between 2021 and January 2025 without any insurance coverage or renewing the road tax.
The prosecution sought a total of 14 to 17-and-a-half months’ jail for Yew, a fine of between S$10,000 and S$13,000, and a driving ban of eight to 10 years.
