SINGAPORE – A fish soup stall owner used a wooden pole to attack a rival hawker who sold a similar dish at the same food centre, causing fractures to the victim’s skull and right wrist as well bleeding in his brain.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Louis Ngia said that Peck saw the younger man as his rival and the pair had earlier disagreements. About 10 minutes later, as Mr Wee was preparing to open his stall for business, Peck approached him from behind and used a wooden pole around 70cm long, which had a protruding nail,DPP Ngia said: “The victim’s wife, who was assisting to prepare for the stall’s opening... tried to stop the accused. The accused attempted to strike her with the wooden pole as well, but she managed to grab hold of the pole.
The police were alerted shortly before 7.15am that day and Mr Wee was rushed to the National University Hospital.On Tuesday, the DPP asked for him to be given between 18 and 22 months’ jail, adding: “The fracture to skull, an extremely vulnerable part of the body, was accompanied by a bleeding of his brain. This was without doubt a very serious injury.
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