S’porean jailed for running over cyclist in Perth

The victim, identified as Mark John Burnes in court documents, had stolen a bag of valuables, including an AirTag, after breaking into the car a day earlier.

Ng and his family found Burnes by tracking the AirTag, with Ng tailing him while he was on his e-bike.

He followed Burnes for about 10 minutes, while his girlfriend’s brother was on the phone updating the police.

Ng then knocked Burnes’ e-scooter over, causing him to fall. Burnes later stood up, but Ng accelerated his vehicle and knocked him down again.

Ng then continued to drive for up to 25m with Burnes pinned under the car.

Delivering Ng’s sentence, Judge Terence Palmer said: “Using the car to pursue and confront Mr Burnes involved very poor decision-making. The chase itself could easily have resulted in a serious accident. Trying to manoeuvre a large vehicle in close proximity to someone on an e-bike during a tense confrontation is also very dangerous.”

He added: “The decision to pursue and confront Mr Burnes, particularly the decision to knock him off his bike, involved an element of taking the law into your own hands and a degree of vigilantism.”

But the judge acknowledged that Ng might not have been aware that Burnes was pinned under his car.

He added that Ng’s records indicated that he was a person of prior good character, and that he had no criminal history in Western Australia or Singapore.

The sentencing also included a victim impact statement from Burnes’ father.

Peter Baclay Burnes said the loss of his son Mark had a huge impact on Mark’s entire family, including his three children.

He said that two of the children, one of whom has a disability, do not have any living parent.

He added that Mark’s brother was also impacted by the death and had to move overseas.