A Singaporean private-hire driver was sentenced to 20 weeks in jail for driving into a military camp after consuming 10 cans of beer. Muhammad Sathiq Mohamed Sadakatulla drove through security barriers at Bedok Camp in December 2023, before crashing through an exit barrier. He was also found guilty of assaulting two police officers in a separate incident while out on bail.
PHOTO: AsiaOne/Jasper Lim SINGAPORE — After drinking 10 cans of beer, a private-hire driver decided to drive a car into Bedok Camp in Upper East Coast Road to "see the reaction of the security".
After he was arrested at home, he was found to have 36 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath. This is slightly above the prescribed limit of 35mcg of alcohol in the same amount of breath. The prosecution said that on Dec 19, 2023, after dropping off a passenger at around 8.30pm, Sathiq drank two cans of beer, followed by another four, before heading home.
When he was near a Hotel 81 branch at around 3am the next day, he called the police and said: "I want to go inside lock-up... I called police and no one came... You find my location.A group of police officers arrived at the scene and two of them tried to calm him down.Both officers responded by drawing their batons and ordering him to lie down. He complied and was re-arrested.Sathiq was represented by defence lawyers Amarick Gill and S. Ramanujen from the Amarick Gill law firm.
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