SINGAPORE: The man caught on video assaulting his girlfriend at Lucky Plaza has been sentenced to three weeks\u2019 jail.<\/p>\n
Andrew Suresh Markandan, 47, pleaded guilty on Wednesday (July 29) to two charges of voluntarily causing hurt.<\/p>\n
The incident happened on Feb 8, when Andrew met his girlfriend at the mall. Details about the victim cannot be disclosed owing to a gag order.<\/p>\n
The court heard that Andrew was unhappy when his girlfriend revealed that her 15-year-old son had received money from his biological father.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe accused felt triggered and aggrieved, as he had provided some financial support to her son and her family and was unhappy that the victim\u2019s ex-partner was suddenly involved with her family again,\u201d said State Prosecuting Officer Zakir Hussain.<\/p>\n
He became even more upset when the woman\u2019s female friend kissed and hugged her at the pub they were in.<\/p>\n
When she realised he was unhappy, Andrew\u2019s girlfriend left the pub with her friend. But he was not done and went looking for her.<\/p>\n
He saw her texting someone on her phone, and suspected she was talking to her ex-partner. An argument ensued and Andrew tried to get her phone, which she had placed in her handbag.<\/p>\n
During the altercation, Andrew pushed his girlfriend into a corner and grabbed her from behind with both arms. He was trying to get to her bag.<\/p>\n
Andrew also tried to push her into a lift, but she resisted. By then, passers-by had gathered because of the commotion.<\/p>\n
The woman ran into a shop at Lucky Plaza to seek help, but Andrew followed her. He then punched the back of her head and kicked her back.<\/p>\n
A passer-by helped the woman leave the mall, while several others restrained Andrew.<\/p>\n
The woman suffered multiple bruises on her shoulder, thigh and shin as a result of the assault.<\/p>\n
When Andrew learned that the video had gone viral, with the media reporting the assault, he reached out to his girlfriend on Feb 10 to dissuade her from making a police report. He also offered to compensate her.<\/p>\n
But she rejected his offer and reported him to the police the next day.<\/p>\n
Prior to the incident in February, Andrew had attacked his girlfriend on March 30, 2025.<\/p>\n
It happened near a hotel in Bugis, when the couple could not secure a room because Andrew did not have his physical NRIC.<\/p>\n
After they left the hotel, he woman suggested they return to their own homes as it was late.<\/p>\n
Andrew insisted that they go to his house so that he could retrieve his NRIC and return to the hotel, and a fight broke out between the pair.<\/p>\n
The couple started arguing, and Andrew grabbed the woman\u2019s phone and threw it on the ground. He also tried to grab her handbag, to get her to follow him home.<\/p>\n
When the woman resisted, he slapped her twice and pushed her onto the ground.<\/p>\n
The woman walked away and sat outside the hotel entrance. Andrew followed her and pulled her handbag and left.<\/p>\n
He later tried to enter the hotel but was stopped by staff. The woman sought help from the hotel staff, who called the police.<\/p>\n
As a result of the incident, the woman sustained redness on her face, scratches on her right forearm and abrasions on her right knee.<\/p>\n
The police recovered the woman\u2019s handbag from Andrew later that night.<\/p>\n
For voluntarily causing hurt, an offender can be jailed for up to three years, fined S$5,000, or both. – The Straits Times\/ANN<\/p>\n
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