{"id":6001,"date":"2025-08-29T01:31:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T01:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/jail-for-man-who-punched-cabbys-eye-in-road-rage-incident\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T01:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T01:31:58","slug":"jail-for-man-who-punched-cabbys-eye-in-road-rage-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/jail-for-man-who-punched-cabbys-eye-in-road-rage-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Jail for man who punched cabby’s eye in road rage incident"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man was sentenced to 28 weeks’ jail on Aug 28 for punching an elderly cabby on his right eye in a road rage incident, causing injuries that could affect the victim’s sight.<\/p>\n

Marcus Loke Teck Soon, 26, who was also involved in a traffic accident that resulted in fractures to an elderly pedestrian, was disqualified from holding or obtaining all classes of driving licences for a period of five years after his release.<\/p>\n

Loke had pleaded guilty on Aug 4 to one count each of assault and causing grievous hurt to another person while driving a car without considering other road users.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, the road rage incident occurred when Loke and the 68-year-old taxi driver got into a dispute.<\/p>\n

The altercation began after the older man overtook Loke, who was driving a van along Ayer Rajah Expressway towards Marina Coastal Expressway shortly before 3pm on Aug 12, 2022.<\/p>\n

Both vehicles exited the expressway and the cabby stopped at a pedestrian crossing near Alexandra Road. Loke then got out of his van to confront the older man.<\/p>\n

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At some point, he saw the cabby flashing an obscene hand gesture at him.<\/p>\n

He ordered the man to alight from his vehicle, but the latter refused to comply and tried to drive away.<\/p>\n

Loke then punched the cabby before leaving the scene.<\/p>\n

The cabby started bleeding from his nose and sought treatment at Alexandra Hospital. He was later found to have a fractured right eye socket and bleeding behind the eyeball.<\/p>\n

He was hospitalised from Aug 12 to Aug 16, 2022, and given 50 days of hospitalisation leave.<\/p>\n

In earlier proceedings, Deputy Public Prosecutor Samuel Chew told the court the victim had to retire from his job after the assault and is now jobless.<\/p>\n

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The DPP added: “His overall quality of life is also adversely affected, as his visual acuity has been limited to the counting of fingers only.<\/p>\n

“The victim has also attended, and continues to attend, multiple medical appointments with an ophthalmologist, and is required to apply topical lubricants and ointments to his eyes four times a day.”<\/p>\n

Separately, Loke was driving a car along Kim Seng Road at around 3.15pm on Feb 22, 2023, when he failed to notice a 74-year-old woman crossing the road with a pedestrian light in her favour.<\/p>\n

His car then struck her while he was making a discretionary right turn into Havelock Road.<\/p>\n

He immediately stopped his vehicle to help the woman, who suffered from a head injury and leg fractures, and called for an ambulance.<\/p>\n

The woman was unconscious when she was taken to the Singapore General Hospital, and she was later given 162 days of hospitalisation leave.<\/p>\n

She is unlikely to regain full function of her right leg and may have to use walking aids, the court heard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Shaffiq Alkhatib for The Straits Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jail for man who punched cabby’s eye in road rage incident<\/div>\n

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A man was sentenced to 28 weeks’ jail on Aug 28 for punching an elderly cabby on his right eye in a road rage incident, causing injuries that could affect the victim’s sight. Marcus Loke Teck Soon, 26, who was also involved in a traffic accident that resulted in fractures to an elderly pedestrian, was…<\/p>\n

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