Passenger rage: Drunk foreign passenger smashes taxi windows with bottle and his fists, leaves driver unpaid, and fell asleep roadside
A drunk man took a taxi and smashed the rear window with a bottle inside the vehicle. After getting out of the car, he smashed the windshield with the bottle and his fists. After the incident, he fell asleep on the roadside and did not compensate the driver a penny.
In Singapore, a 36-year-old man from Bangladesh caused havoc in a taxi in Geylang after becoming intoxicated. The suspect, still holding a beer bottle, hailed a taxi and sat in the back seat with his friends. Upon reaching Kallang Road, the suspect smashed the rear window with the bottle, causing glass shards to scatter inside the vehicle.
The 74-year-old taxi driver managed to pull over at a nearby bus stop, exiting the car to assess the damage. The suspect, now enraged, returned to the taxi and repeatedly smashed the windshield with the bottle before throwing it aside and punching the windshield until he collapsed and fell asleep beside the road. The incident resulted in both rear windows being destroyed and the windshield sustaining multiple spiderweb-like cracks.
The taxi driver reported the incident to the police, leading to the suspect's arrest. The suspect was charged with nine offenses, including theft, intentional assault, reckless conduct, and extortion. He pleaded guilty to four of these charges and was sentenced to two years, ten months, and five weeks in prison, as well as two strokes of the cane.
However, the driver did not receive compensation for the $2,197 required to repair the taxi. Additionally, a separate report mentioned a 50-year-old man being beaten up at a bar after he refused a drink offered by three middle-aged men, suffering multiple injuries that required medical attention.
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