SINGAPORE: A man who slashed actor Ryan Lian over a staring incident outside NEX shopping mall was sentenced to nine months’ jail on Friday (Nov 7).
Aaron Samuel Yukon, a 22-year-old Singaporean, pleaded guilty to one count of causing grievous hurt. A second charge of possessing a karambit knife was taken into consideration.
The court heard that the victim, Mr Lian Yong Yi, better known as Ryan Lian, was smoking near the sheltered walkway outside NEX shopping mall in Serangoon Central at about 6.10pm on Nov 22 last year.
Yukon, who was a stranger to Mr Lian, went to the same location to smoke soon after.
The two men were annoyed with each other for staring, and a verbal confrontation ensued, said the prosecutor.
A fight broke out and they fell to the ground. As they punched each other and struggled, Yukon reached into his pouch and retrieved a sheathed karambit knife.
He used the weapon to attack Mr Lian.
Yukon later managed to break free and ran away.
Mr Lian waited at the scene and realised that his face was bleeding. Two off-duty paramedics attended to him and he was later taken to hospital by ambulance.
