Today: Foreigner jailed for breaking taxi driver’s nose after night out at Orchard Towers

SINGAPORE — Heavily intoxicated from a night of drinking at Orchard Towers, Buckley Eugene Gerrard flew into a rage when a taxi driver missed a turn near his home off Stevens Road.

Buckley punched the driver’s face several times, fracturing his nose. The New Zealander also flung the driver’s mobile phone to the ground when the driver said that he wanted to call the police.

Buckley, 59, was on Friday (Jan 29) jailed 30 weeks or about seven-and-a-half months. His sentence was backdated to Nov 20 last year when he was held in remand.He pleaded guilty to one charge of causing grievous hurt to the 60-year-old taxi driver Tan Heng Choon. Two other charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.