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SINGAPORE \u2013 A man who crashed his car near his home after consuming alcohol asked his passenger to get him a bottle of alcohol from his apartment. <\/p>\n
Court documents stated that Claire Sng Wei Ying returned with a gym shaker bottle containing gin and Samuel Gomes-Lim Jia\u2019En, 35 then drank almost all of its contents.<\/p>\n
As a result, a Traffic Police officer could not determine his actual breath alcohol concentration at the time of the accident.<\/p>\n
On Dec 15, Sng, 27, was fined $10,000 after she pleaded guilty to performing an act that could obstruct the course of justice. Gomes-Lim\u2019s case is still pending.<\/p>\n
Deputy Public Prosecutor Teng Yin Hang told the court that shortly before the accident, the pair had lunch at a Sentosa beach at around 2pm on April 14, 2024, and shared two cans of alcoholic soda, among other things.<\/p>\n
The pair left the beach about three hours later and entered the car.<\/p>\n
The DPP said that Gomes-Lim was entering his condominium complex in the Dairy Farm area at around 6pm when the vehicle crashed into a pillar.<\/p>\n
Gomes-Lim and Sng then exited the car and took a lift to an unspecified floor at the property.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor added: \u201cAfter a brief period, they returned to the accident site… When some of the residents and the security caught up with them, (Gomes-Lim) attempted to run, but was restrained and made to sit on a bench whilst waiting for the police to arrive.\u201d<\/p>\n
He then gestured for Sng to come over.<\/p>\n
According to court documents, he told her to go to his apartment, and get him a bottle of alcohol. <\/p>\n
Sng complied and filled a 750ml gym shaker bottle with gin to around two-thirds full.<\/p>\n
DPP Teng said that she later handed the bottle to Gomes-Lim, who consumed almost all of its contents.<\/p>\n
When a Traffic Police officer arrived at the scene, Gomes-Lim exclaimed that he had consumed alcohol.<\/p>\n
Because Gomes-Lim had just consumed the alcohol, the officer was unable to determine Gomes-Lim\u2019s actual breath alcohol concentration at the time of the accident.<\/p>\n
Later, at about 9pm, the officer told Gomes-Lim to provide his breath sample for a breathalyser test.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor told the court that Gomes-Lim had initially refused to comply and told the officer that he had consumed alcohol after the accident. <\/p>\n
He finally agreed to provide his breath sample at around 10.15pm, the court heard.<\/p>\n
Gomes-Lim was then found to have 73 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath.<\/p>\n
This was more than double the prescribed limit of 35 micrograms of alcohol in the same amount of breath. <\/p>\n
Sng was represented by lawyers Suang Wijaya and Ng Yuan Siang.<\/p>\n
On Dec 15, Mr Wijaya asked for Sng to not be placed behind bars, stressing that she had not benefited from the offence.<\/p>\n
He also said that prior to the current case, his client, who is remorseful, had not committed any acts of crime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n