MAN JAILED FOR CABBIE ASSAULT HAS CONVICTION QUASHED
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Conviction quashed: Arne Corneliussen had been jailed 10 weeks for...
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MAN JAILED FOR CABBIE ASSAULT HAS CONVICTION QUASHED
May 8, 2015 12:18pmBY NG JUN SEN
A Norwegian who had been jailed 10 weeks for assaulting a cabbie last month had his conviction quashed on Friday (May 8).
Arne Corneliussen, 50, was freed on $5,000 bail after two new witnesses came forward to dispute the facts of his case.
They gave evidence that Corneliussen had not attacked the cabbie, Mr Chan Chuan Heng.
They had read The New Paper's previous report on the case and were disturbed as it differed greatly from what they saw.
Corneliussen had pleaded guilty to one count of voluntarily causing hurt. A second charge of slapping the cabby was taken into consideration during sentencing.
His lawyer, Mr Terence Seah from Virtus Law, submitted a petition to free him and read affidavits from the witnesses at the High Court today.
The deputy public prosecutor did not object to the quashing of the conviction and sentence as fresh evidence had been presented.
Corneliussen had lost his job as a DHL director because of the case and had been in jail for around six weeks.
The case will be heard again in court at a later date.
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Norwegian who choke cabby given chance to defend himself in retrial
SINGAPORE - A Norwegian who has served more than half his 10-week jail term after admitting to choking a taxi driver, paid the victim $30,000 and lost his job, has been given a chance to defend himself in a retrial.
This comes after two Singaporean men came forward to say that the cabby was actually the aggressor.
The High Court heard on Friday how Mr Mohamed Ayub Shaik Dawood and his friend Roslan Zainal witnessed the altercation last September at Circular Road.
When Mr Ayub read a newspaper report on the case, he was surprised that 50-year-old Arne Corneliussen was jailed while 46-year-old cabby Chan Chuan Heng, whom he saw throwing a punch, escaped punishment.
He sought out Corneliussen's lawyer and he and his friend have since filed affidavits on their account of what happened.
Corneliussen's lawyer, Mr Terence Seah, said his client had pleaded guilty because he was too drunk to remember the details of the fight and the police had eyewitness accounts that he had attacked Mr Chan.
Given the "exceptional turn of events", the prosecution did not object to Corneliussen's conviction and sentence being quashed and the case sent back to the State Courts for a retrial.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Wong Kok Weng stressed that this did not mean that the earlier conviction was wrong. He pointed out that the two new witnesses were not at the scene when police arrived and did not come forward during investigations.
Two passersby who had pulled Corneliussen away from Mr Chan told police that they saw the Norwegian chasing the cabby and strangling him, said the DPP.
But Mr Ayub said he saw Mr Chan punch Corneliussen on the left side of his head, causing the latter to squat down in a daze.
When Corneliussen asked the cabby why he had hit him, Mr Chan tried to run away. After a few short chases to and from the taxi, Corneliussen caught up with Mr Chan and pinned him down, before being pulled away.
Mr Roslan did not see the punch but heard a loud smacking sound, after which he saw the cabby, arms akimbo, standing over Corneliussen, who was squatting with his hands covering his face.
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Re trial. ... hide in boat Quay and want to charge flat rate... in the end got $30k... well done... but is this the truth. .. is the new witness reliable? Aggressor supposed to be drunk but now Rem all details
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I think this Td will be out of job soon. hopefully he gets to keep the 30k
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but r the 2 witnesses reliable or being bought?
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Have to be reliable, otherwise wont't retrial and prosecution would have objected.
No reason to buy witnesses after serving more than half the time in jail, admitted guilt and paid $30k.
It will be the TD's words against the two witnesses.
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If really quashed.....
Become TD go jail, provide false info....
Always remember.....
人在�，天在看 hor.....
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Not true lah, 我天天辛苦�工，天为什么没有看到, 也许我�错工??
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Originally posted by Taxilim88:
Have to be reliable, otherwise wont't retrial and prosecution would have objected.
No reason to buy witnesses after serving more than half the time in jail, admitted guilt and paid $30k.
It will be the TD's words against the two witnesses.
$30k is a private settlement, court never take that into consideration when passing the sentence, if the defender wish to pay the damage privately, that is nothing to do with anybody. Court take into the account assult and hurting other in a public place only. Let KIV and let the investigation find out more on this case, so at the moment, we can only guess, and guessing is the same as my famouse TCSS session -
Originally posted by bowah:
Not true lah, 我天天辛苦�工，天为什么没有看到, 也许我�错工??
It mean doing wrong thing, you got do wrong thing bo?....
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Got, that day I go ask my tua pek kong Tang Ki at a temple, he said, i did something very wrong...so try not get close to a guy call Keepthechange, he will bring you bad thing
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Originally posted by bowah:
Got, that day I go ask my tua pek kong Tang Ki at a temple, he said, i did something very wrong…so try not get close to a guy call Keepthechange, he will bring you bad thing
So cum.....
That day I go Star Threatre see my bro, YaSor.....
Told me try not to get close to a guy call bowah, he will bring you to Holland.....
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I also went to the Star threatre, but to see backstreet boys...see simi Yasor?? lols The other day, send one said going there to buy ticket to see Michael learns to Rock, asked me, Uncle you know Michael learn to Rock? I told him, already learnt liao, still learning meh, so old already still learn to rock?? we already learn to PCC liao
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MLTR not our era mah.....
Now BeeGee cum, maybe you will rush down or ABBA.....
Or you earlier than that, Beattles?....
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My time is Sing Sai Hong opera lah, where got bee and gees or ah bak or kueh ba, last time go opera to beo girls mah, then wait for the fly over part, light off...knn, fly over also use see saw type..phuixxx.. I got to know my ex and current wife from those hokkien and teochew opera show mah...regretted, knn, why last time dun have Zouk or attitude to hang out. That time, taxi driver are consider rich and respected people, all got ang mo chu and nice wife, ah sum and club, today, knn, taxi drivers are consider the poor income group, not only that, kenna look down by many, altho drive into condo more than drive into home, but cannot even live in the cheapest Mi casa at CCK, can only dream....but still better than casket driver like me, still livng in 3 rooms flat eating salted chye sim with rice porridge
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I say ang mo era, you tell me sai gong era, knn....
Last time eh sai eh buy taxi, beh sai eh wa taxi (rent from owner).....
Eh sai eh tell people I own taxi not wa taxi....
Beh sai eh wa taxi, gamblers, womanizer.....
LakeView Taxi Stand is the most famous radio station for having all the vice TD.....
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aiya, talk to you alway end up with last time this... last time that.....please lah, now Pirus hybrid liao hor
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Yahor, tia gong jin seng you.....
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But hor, yew aka petrol price went up leh....uniquely singapore govt, when the whole world petrol price fall, only singapore went up..phuixxx
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Originally posted by Keepthechange666:
Yahor, tia gong jin seng you.....
But pirus bo lat lah, dunno how our bro hammer can tarhan after driving CDI mercedes -
Wu lah. Must use power mode lah.
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Then tia kong pirus driver seat very small, dunno if our bro hammer can fit in or not? maybe need to squeeze in abit. But still better than smlj cng wish lah, knn, one big tank at the back..phuixx
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Hybrid car is manufacture in such a way that not for high speed performance type.....
Power wise, 1.5 or 1.8, you all say leh.....
Is meant for smoother ride, clean emission, less polluted and energy saving.....
So don't deceive ourselves.....
Want to chiong, tia gong Renault jin ho.....
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Aiya, bo bian lah, is like this one lah, all TDs same like, drive what...say what good mah, Like people i fetch live in punggol, said punggol good, live in sembawang, say sembawang good, wa piang....good in a way of cheaper housing mah. Same goes to TDs, drive this, said this good, drive that, said that good...normal mentality lah, like my ex chief, said CCK very good to live..wa piang eh. I prefer silversea or coasta rhu. So, as brothers and earning a living outside, just agree with them can make more friend than foe mah, and at the end of the day, each one in their mind know very well what they get, got it pros and also got it cons, but as long as the pros is more than the cons, just drive lah. Bo lat also good, if not kenna more cam and speed camera snapping...worst is chiong red light