By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent

A YOUNG man assaulted his former girlfriend when she refused to patch up with him, a district court heard on Friday.

Koay Jie Sheng, 22, met the girl, then 19, at the void deck of Jalan Damai in Bedok on Sept 26, 2007 to persuade her not to break up with him.

She refused. He then took her mobile phone and on seeing a text message from a male colleague, became angry and pushed her against the wall.

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