SINGAPORE: A property agent was sentenced on Friday (Nov 11) to 16 weeks’ jail and a S$1,500 fine, more than six years after a drunken display after attending a wedding and losing her way in a car park.
Rochelle Chow Shuting, 35, was convicted of one count each of behaving in a disorderly manner and hurting a police officer to deter him from discharging his duty.
Chow intends to appeal against her conviction and sentence.
According to charge sheets, Chow was at the Parkroyal on Pickering hotel when the incident occurred at about 5.30pm on Aug 13, 2019.
She had gone there for a wedding, TODAY reported then, and a security guard was called in to keep an eye on her after she had a dispute with some wedding guests.
TODAY reported that Chow, who had consumed several glasses of wine, managed to get to her car at the hotel’s car park, but was unable to find her way out. She alighted and began screaming.
The security guard then called the police for help as he was unable to contain her. He said she had hit a car and was violent.
When the police arrived, three of them handcuffed Chow’s hands behind her back, court documents stated.
Her mobile phone then dropped on the ground, and Sergeant Muhammad Taufiq Zainudin squatted down to pick it up.
Body-worn camera footage from the police showed that as SGT Taufiq stood up, Chow lifted her right leg towards him while shouting “No!” and “that’s my phone!”.
The prosecution’s case was that Chow then intentionally kicked SGT Taufiq, leaving tenderness and a bruise over his right thigh.