Australian expat Aaron Peter Jeremicjczyk has been fined yesterday for punching renowned local jazz singer Dawn Ho last year, leaving her with a bloody nose.
The two had a heated exchange at Sentosa last March, initiated when Jeremicjczyk was spotted verbally abusing a cab driver and limo service personnel about their fixed fare of $43. Ho came to the cab driver's defence and and told Jeremicjczyk off, asserting that he did not have to right to talk down to people.
Jeremicjczyk and his group of friends then lashed out at Ho and her friends and started harassing them. He then came towards Ho and punched her in the face, while calling her names that even his mother would be ashamed of.
The incident went viral on Facebook last year when Ho recounted the encounter on her page.
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So last night after my gig in Sentosa while waiting for my band mates to pick me up at the taxi stand, I witnessed an...
Posted by Dawn Ho on Monday, 10 March 2014
Since the incident, Jeremicjczyk was let go from his job as a marketing manager, and wanted to apologise and compensate her — but apparently nothing came out of it, The New Paper reports.
In court, he was fined $3,000 for voluntarily causing hurt.
Photo: Dawn Ho Facebook page
Australian expat Aaron Peter Jeremicjczyk has been fined yesterday for punching renowned local jazz singer Dawn Ho last year, leaving her with a bloody nose.
The two had a heated exchange at Sentosa last March, initiated when Jeremicjczyk was spotted verbally abusing a cab driver and limo service personnel about their fixed fare of $43. Ho came to the cab driver's defence and and told Jeremicjczyk off, asserting that he did not have to right to talk down to people.
Jeremicjczyk and his group of friends then lashed out at Ho and her friends and started harassing them. He then came towards Ho and punched her in the face, while calling her names that even his mother would be ashamed of.
The incident went viral on Facebook last year when Ho recounted the encounter on her page.
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So last night after my gig in Sentosa while waiting for my band mates to pick me up at the taxi stand, I witnessed an...
Posted by Dawn Ho on Monday, 10 March 2014
Since the incident, Jeremicjczyk was let go from his job as a marketing manager, and wanted to apologise and compensate her — but apparently nothing came out of it, The New Paper reports.
In court, he was fined $3,000 for voluntarily causing hurt.
Photo: Dawn Ho Facebook page