On Oct 15, 2020, the offender was with his 49-year-old father in their Choa Chu Kang flat when they got into an argument over the teenager’s desire to have the air-conditioning turned on in his room, where he was doing physical exercises.
When his father switched off the electrical mains to the air-conditioning unit, the teenager entered his father’s bedroom where the electrical mains were and switched them back on without the latter’s permission.An argument broke out between the pair, and the teenager took three knives from the kitchen to his father’s bedroom and threatened him with them.
After the offender’s two siblings stepped in, he flung the knives to the floor. But, still unhappy, he charged towards his father and punched the man’s face. A scuffle broke out and the teenager’s sister alerted the police. Their father, who suffered a laceration on his left cheek, later sought treatment at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and was given six days of medical leave.And for criminal intimidation, an offender can be jailed for up to two years and fined.
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