SINGAPORE — A dispute between a car driver and a cyclist over who had right of way escalated into an assault with the driver and her passenger repeatedly punching and kicking the cyclist, who had swung his bicycle at the driver.
The argument began after the driver, Ariel Fong Yi Ying, changed lanes to avoid parked cars and in doing so moved into a lane designated for oncoming traffic that was being used by the man and his girlfriend who were cycling in the opposite direction.
Fong decided to avoid the parked vehicles by veering to the adjacent lane that was meant for oncoming vehicles. Fong continued to drive forward despite seeing the victim's hand gesture but eventually stopped her car when she heard a thud at the rear of the vehicle.Fong then noticed through her rear-view mirror that the victim had dismounted from his bicycle and was continuing to gesture at her with his hand.
As Mr Marin tried to enter the condominium with Ms Noor after questioning Fong's actions, Fong aggressively grabbed him and pulled his shirt, DPP Kaur said. The court heard that Ms Noor eventually returned to pull Mr Marin away from Fong and Phua, and led him to the guardhouse.As a result of the assault, Mr Marin sustained multiple injuries which included a 1cm laceration to his lower lip, multiple abrasions on the back of his head, and a mildly displaced nasal bone fracture.
In Fong's defence, lawyer Anil Singh Sandhu of Kertar & Sandhu LLC urged District Judge James Elisha Lee to consider that Fong has recognised that"she made a mistake" and that this"one-off" incident was not premeditated as it took place as a result of the victim swinging his bike.
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