SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Amid a heated scuffle between two groups, one man ran up behind another to throw a punch at the unsuspecting man’s face.
The force of the punch resulted in the man falling backwards and hitting his head on the ground – causing skull fractures and injuries.
The victim, R. Dehven, 34, succumbed to his injuries around a week later and died in hospital.
On Monday (Oct 13), Muhammad Amiruddin Sabtu, 27, was sentenced to three years’ jail and disqualified from holding all classes of driving licences for two years, after pleading guilty to voluntarily causing hurt resulting in grievous hurt, driving without a valid licence, and cheating by impersonation.
The court heard that Amiruddin’s group and the victim’s group had been engaged in a heated argument for more than 15 minutes, after two women from the opposing groups first entered into a verbal altercation.
Both groups were drinking separately at a bar at Balestier Point from May 17, 2024, to the early hours of May 18, 2024.
