Former Funky Chef gets 1 mth jail for fatal traffic accident

[Darthrevan]

A private chef was charged on Friday for negligent driving, causing the death of a motorcyclist and endangering the life of passenger of another car in 2009.

 

Melvyn Lee Shang Bin, 26, was sentenced to a month in jail for the first two charges, and fined $2,500 for the third charge, reported The Straits Times.

 

Lee, who used to be part of the cooking duo The Funky Chefs, was also disqualified from driving for five years.

 

The district court heard that Lee was driving his father's orange Nissan Murano along East Coast Parkway on Oct 18, 2009.

 

He sideswiped a white car in the lane as he veered left, injuring Tan Sien Keam who was sitting in the front-seat.

 

The impact caused his car to move onto the other side of the expressway hitting motorcyclist Muhammad Farhan Kassim, 26, and resulted in his death.

 

Lee claimed that the white Toyota had veered into his path causing the accident.

 

However, witnesses say that the Toyota was travelling at about 90kmh, before his car sped past and collided with it.

 

Lee has had a bad driving record of careless driving and drink-driving.

 

Deputy Public Prosecutor Yang Ziliang said that the latest offence occured barely four months after the chef regained his driving licence.

 

According to The Straits Times, Lee is appealing against both his sentence and conviction.

 

Source: http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNew...511-345465.html

 

[Happily1986]

How did a wastrel like this pass the TP practical test? Ban him for life!

[KARTer]

Will he work in the prison kitchen and cook some dishes for his cell mates, and wardens, and prison chief?

[Tarzan666]

Cb.. 5 years? Still can lie..wanna get innocen party in trouble. Lucky got witness.

 

He should be banned for life.

[Rustyz]

Cb.. 5 years? Still can lie..wanna get innocen party in trouble. Lucky got witness.

 

He should be banned for life.

 

Desperate move, no one would plead guilty one.

 

they can say they throught is tree branches or never hit anything,not them or the best car was stolen

[Renegade777]

Cb.. 5 years? Still can lie..wanna get innocen party in trouble. Lucky got witness.

 

He should be banned for life.

 

Yeah ! should be ban from driving for a long long time. Freaking character some people possess. Bang into people and still want to push the blame. It clearly show what kind of character and life form some people is. Damn self centred.

 

 

[Seaweed]

looking at his face....i will give him two slap first before anything.... [shakehead]

[Mrlau]

Call underage chicken jail 9 weeks and whole life ruined..

 

KILL people jail 4 week....

[Kilomatrix]

Don't plead guilty now, sure regret.

[Donut]

Call underage chicken jail 9 weeks and whole life ruined..

 

KILL people jail 4 week....

 

Again I say it.

 

Our law is not balanced

[Zniper]

hope his appeal get him lagi worse penalty... shld hang tis type of ppl... knn

[SimonTan]

 

foreign bus driver killed cyclist only one week jail.

 

 

 

[Darthrevan]

if he had not lied and admitted to the offence..his sentence would most likely be lighter..such is the SG's judicial system

[Wind30]

Call underage chicken jail 9 weeks and whole life ruined..

 

KILL people jail 4 week....

 

 

yup and the call underage chicken guy pleaded guilty right??