Meals supply rider with out driving licence threatened cabby with knife, drove spouse’s automotive for jobs

SINGAPORE: A meals supply rider backed out of paying his taxi fare and held a knife to the cabby’s chest, asking: “Do you wish to let me go or not?”

He additionally used his spouse’s automotive to ship meals with out her permission though he had no driving licence, and was stopped by site visitors police for utilizing his telephone whereas driving.

Mark Teo Sin Yan, 32, was sentenced on Tuesday (Dec 13) to a few months and 22 weeks’ jail, a tremendous of S$500 and a driving ban of 12 months.

He pleaded responsible to an assortment of crimes together with threatening the taxi driver with a fruit knife, lodging a false police report, driving with out a licence and dishonest a purchaser on Carousell.

The courtroom heard that Teo flagged down a taxi alongside Eu Tong Sen Avenue on Might 27 final 12 months.

He requested the 62-year-old cab driver to take him to 2 completely different locations – first Ang Mo Kio, then to Hougang. 

On the Ang Mo Kio vacation spot, Teo requested the motive force to attend for him, saying he needed to alight for a short time handy an merchandise to a good friend.

Involved that Teo would possibly depart with out making cost, the cabby requested for a deposit of S$10.

Teo informed the motive force that he didn’t have any money with him. The taxi driver discovered this suspicious and took a photograph of Teo along with his telephone.

After arriving on the second vacation spot, Teo informed the motive force that he didn’t have cash to pay the fare. He claimed he had referred to as somebody to satisfy him there with money for the cost.

The sufferer parked his taxi at an open automotive park and messaged a good friend to move to the situation as he suspected that Teo wouldn’t make cost.

In actual fact, Teo didn’t ask anybody to go down with cash. As an alternative, he had lied to the sufferer to stall for time.

When he observed the taxi driver sending messages, Teo believed that the motive force wouldn’t let him depart with out paying.

Teo took out a 13cm-long fruit knife, leaned ahead from the rear seat and held the knife subsequent to the sufferer’s chest whereas he pressed down on the sufferer’s shoulder to restrain him.

Teo then requested the cabby: “Do you wish to let me go or not?”

Alarmed and fearing for his security, the cabby moved to get away and sustained a slash on his shoulder. Teo alighted from the cab and walked away. 

Teo surrendered that very same day. He was later launched on bail.

TOOK HIS WIFE’S CAR, STOPPED BY TRAFFIC POLICE

On Nov 18, 2021, Teo determined to make use of his spouse’s automotive to tackle supply jobs as an alternative of utilizing his electrical bicycle, because it had been raining.

He discovered the keys to her automotive in her purse and took the car with out her information and consent. He didn’t assume she would permit him to make use of the automotive.

Whereas he was driving alongside Yio Chu Kang Highway in direction of Thomson Highway, a site visitors police officer noticed Teo utilizing his telephone whereas driving.

The officer stopped Teo and he admitted that he didn’t have a sound driving licence. He had been listening to an audio message on the Telegram chat software when the officer noticed him. 

Teo was arrested once more.

He admitted to different unrelated offences, together with dishonest a Carousell person by placing up laptop audio system on the market and accepting a PayNow switch of S$500 with out delivering the products.

Teo had additionally relinquished management of his checking account to an individual, and the account was later used to launder legal proceeds.

He additionally lodged a false police report claiming that his on-line accounts, together with his Carousell, financial institution, PayNow and WhatsApp accounts, had been compromised.