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Fine instead of jail on appeal

Woman won her appeal in the High Court on Monday against a three-month jail sentence. -ST

Mon, Oct 20, 2008
The Straits Times

By Elena Chong

A WOMAN won her appeal in the High Court on Monday against a three-month jail sentence for having assaulted a pub patron four years ago.

Rachelgina Jasmine Tay Siew Gek, 25, now a sales executive, was instead fined the maximum $1,000 by Justice Choo Han Teck.

She admitted in July to kicking Mr Darren Herbert Fleury, then 24, on the head and throwing a beer mug at him at Zzqueeze Pub at Duxton Hill on March 5, 2004.

 


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