SINGAPORE – After consuming alcohol in June 2024, a man took a private-hire car to his Clementi home and used criminal force on the driver, who was later found lying on the road.
On Sept 7, British national Oruche Morgan Fidelis, 23, was sentenced to a five-day short detention order (SDO) and 100 hours of community service.
Offenders with SDO will not have a criminal record after their release.
After serving his SDO, Oruche will have to perform community service within a year under the supervision of an authorised officer.
He had earlier claimed trial to one count of voluntarily causing hurt to 66-year-old driver Low Ek Yong, who was found with a fractured skull and a brain injury.
Low died of other causes – heart disease and large bowel obstruction – a year later.
Following the trial, Oruche pleaded guilty to an amended charge of using criminal force on the victim.
Court documents stated that he had stepped out of Low’s vehicle with his left arm raised towards the older man.
The gesture amounted to assault under the law, as it had caused Low to apprehend that Oruche was about to use criminal force on him.
In amending the charge, District Judge John Ng noted that although Low had suffered head injuries, it could not be ascertained how he sustained them – whether he was assaulted or had tripped and fallen.
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