A woman was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice on 27 October 2022.
“Pervert” in this case, is not referring to the guy who takes upskirt photos at MRT stations.
It refers to a person preventing justice from being served and taking the blame for someone who committed the crime.
Ms Audrey Ong Hui Ling, 26, was given three other charges including driving without a licence, driving without insurance and causing grievous hurt to a motorcyclist by negligence.
The Incident
Ms Ong’s father, Mr David Ong, pleaded guilty to colliding with a motorcycle along Tampines Avenue 2 in October 2019.
The motorcyclist had a fractured wrist as a result.
Mr Ong pleaded guilty to the offence of causing grievous hurt by an act in a negligent manner endangering human life or the personal safety of others.
He said that it was due to his negligence and fatigue from his long working hours.
As a result, he was sentenced to five days of jail and banned from driving for two years.
End of story?
No.
Here’s the plot twist: it was not actually him.
Ms Ong’s father helped her to shoulder the blame for an accident that was actually caused by her.
How Did the Court Find Out?
In April 2022, the police were alerted to an audio recording from Mr Ong’s in-car camera footage of a conversation between him and his daughter.
Mr Ong told his daughter that he would “take her place.”
That scene seems pretty familiar in Korean dramas, but never would I expect it would happen in real life.
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It was also reviewed that Mr Ong was not the driver at that time and he lied to the police to protect his daughter from prosecution.
Ms Ong allegedly drove her father’s car without a driver’s licence and failed to stop the vehicle to check for oncoming traffic along Tampines Avenue 2 on 15 October 2019.
She then made a U-turn and collided with a motorcycle, leaving the motorcyclist with a fractured wrist.
It’s unknown how the audio recording came about, but just like any Netflix drama, we might never know.
The Penalties
The penalties for conspiring to pervert the course of justice are a jail term of up to seven years, a fine, or both.
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Ms Ong could be jailed for up to two years, fined up to S$5,000, or both, for causing grievous hurt by a negligent act.
For conspiring to pervert the course of justice, she can also be jailed for up to 7 years, imposed with a fine, or both.
For allowing his daughter to drive his car when she did not have a licence or insurance, Mr Ong could be jailed for up to three months, fined up to S$1,000, or both.
The case was considered “complex” by their lawyer, S S Dhillon, and they will return to court next month.
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