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SINGAPORE: A man who was seen in a viral video assaulting a woman at Lucky Plaza was charged on Wednesday (Apr 22) over the incident and a previous alleged attack on the same woman.<\/p>\n
Andrew Suresh Markandan, a 47-year-old Singaporean, was handed two charges of voluntarily causing hurt to Ms Alibutdan Vilma Litgio and two charges of mischief by damaging her property.<\/p>\n
He is accused of first assaulting the victim at about 7.25pm on Mar 30 last year at Hotel 81 Bugis.<\/p>\n
He allegedly slapped her and punched her cheek.<\/p>\n
A police statement showed that the pair knew each other.<\/p>\n
Suresh was issued a 12-month conditional warning in May last year for this first incident.<\/p>\n
However, he allegedly breached the conditional warning by committing fresh offences against the woman in February this year.<\/p>\n
At about 5pm on Feb 8 at Lucky Plaza shopping centre, he assaulted the woman again by hitting the back of her neck and kicking her, causing her to have bruises and a scratch mark.<\/p>\n
He also allegedly bent her ATM bank card, dented her mobile phone by throwing it and pulled her bag, breaking its strap.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Suresh did not give an indication of how he would plead.<\/p>\n
His case was adjourned to May.<\/p>\n
If convicted of voluntarily causing hurt, he could be jailed for up to three years or fined up to S$5,000, or both.<\/p>\n
If convicted of mischief, he could be jailed for up to two years or fined, or both.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n