Armed with kitchen knives and fuelled by adrenaline, a group of five young men tackled, hacked and slashed a 20-year-old man at around midnight on Dec 6, 2023.
At the time of the attack, V1 was in a relationship with one of the accused in the group, referred to as B1. Moments later, B1 was seen forcefully hacking at V2’s left arm with the knife. Blood could be seen spurting out immediately.Deputy Public Prosecutor Claire Poh said V2 will suffer a permanent disability to his left wrist, finger and thumb extension, and is expected to experience sensory deficit as a result of the assault.
He had slashed V2 a total of three times before disposing of his bread knife at Bukit Batok Nature Reserve Park. DPP Poh said the teenager was previously sentenced to a stint in juvenile home for theft in dwelling, and separately reformative training for a host of offences including voluntarily causing hurt and mischief.B2, who is 20, is the oldest of the three, and is currently serving his national service. He pleaded guilty to one charge of rioting, and separately to one charge of giving his Singpass details to an unknown individual in exchange for $3,000.