Unemployed man, 58, hides under bed in Geylang home, threatens tenant with pen knife & scissors, given 2 years 6 months jail
He was also found to have controlled drugs, including methamphetamine.
A 58-year-old unemployed man from Singapore, named Vincent Tony, was jailed for two years and six months after hiding under a bed in a Geylang apartment and threatening a tenant with a pen knife and scissors. On January 8, 2026, Tony broke into the locked apartment of a 27-year-old Vietnamese tenant. When the tenant discovered Tony hiding under the bed, he fled the room and tried to alert his colleague for help.
However, Tony managed to come out of the room and threatened the colleague with a pen knife and scissors when he arrived. The colleague managed to disarm Tony and arrest him. Tony was also found to be in possession of controlled drugs, including methamphetamine and diamorphine. The victim, who has been working in Singapore for five years, expressed shock at the incident, stating that he never expected such a situation in the country he called home.
He had left his room unlocked because he had never anticipated that a stranger would break in. Despite the physical damage to their belongings, the tenant and his roommate did not experience any material losses from the incident.
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