SINGAPORE: A commuter who pushed a security officer over a bag screening at a train station was on Monday (Oct 27) given a mandatory treatment order (MTO) for two years.
The victim, a senior security officer at Certis Cisco now aged 66, fell over as a result and bled from the back of her head during the August 2024 incident.
An MTO directs an offender suffering from certain treatable psychiatric conditions to undergo treatment.
Alina Meridian, a 31-year-old Singaporean, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder before the incident, and a report noted that his condition was “slightly triggered” at the time. His condition is amenable to treatment, the court heard.
Notably, Meridian has an inability to adjust his behaviour appropriately to social contexts, and this could have led to an escalation in his anger and irritability and contributed to the offence, the judge said.
Meridian had initially claimed trial and repeatedly questioned the victim during cross-examination on why she had not used any de-escalation tactics.
He later pleaded guilty after Mr Sunil Sudheesan and Ms Joyce Khoo from Quahe Woo & Palmer took on the case under the Enhanced Guidance for Plea Scheme (EGPS).
