Two weeks’ jail for woman who slapped 73-year-old cabby while drunk


Shalini Devarajan was sentenced to two weeks’ jail on Feb 19 after she pleaded guilty to assaulting the male victim, who was 73 years old at the time. - ST

SINGAPORE: An intoxicated woman slapped an elderly taxi driver in an unprovoked attack after stating that she did not have any cash or cashless payment methods to settle her S$24 fare.

Shalini Devarajan, 36, was sentenced to two weeks’ jail on Feb 19 after she pleaded guilty to assaulting the male victim, who was 73 years old at the time.

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