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Man charged over stabbing at void deck in Yishun
Prabhakaran Vinayaka is accused of committing the offence at Block 467B Yishun Avenue 6 on June 13. PHOTO: ST FILE
Man charged over stabbing at void deck in Yishun
SINGAPORE – A man accused of stabbing another person at the void deck of Block 467B Yishun Avenue 6 was handed an assault charge on June 17.
Court documents stated that Singaporean Prabhakaran Vinayaka, 31, allegedly used a 'sharp object' to stab the man's chest once, shortly before 7.50pm on June 13.
In a statement, the police said that the 29-year-old victim was conscious when he was taken to hospital.
Chinese-language news platform Shin Min Daily News earlier cited a resident as saying that the victim was her neighbour and that he was with his two children when the incident occurred.
The man reportedly took his children home after he was injured. The children went to the woman's flat to ask for help.
She rushed over to their home and saw that the man was bleeding.
According to the woman, she applied pressure on the wound to staunch the bleeding and got the other neighbours to call an ambulance.
Prabhakaran's case will be mentioned again in court on June 24.
An offender convicted of using a weapon to commit assault can be jailed for up to seven years, fined, caned, or receive any combination of such punishments.
Shaffiq Alkhatib is The Straits Times' court correspondent, covering mainly criminal cases heard at the State Courts.
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