Frenchman fined for mischief
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Jun 17, 2010
Frenchman fined for mischief
Oil rig supervisor Antoine Mathieu Rongeot, 38, was originally accused of a more serious charge of vandalism which carries a minimum of three strokes of the cane. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
A FRENCH national who damaged a fire alarm manual call point at Terminal 1 of Changi Airport was fined $5,000 on Thursday.
Oil rig supervisor Antoine Mathieu Rongeot, 38, was originally accused of a more serious charge of vandalism which carries a minimum of three strokes of the cane. He admitted to a reduced charge of mischief. Two other charges of using abusive words on cops were considered during his sentencing.
District Judge John Ng ordered him to compensate $1,860 to the victim by June 23. Rongeot's lawyer Wendell Wong said full restitution would be made and the funds were with his law firm.
A district court heard that Rongeot, who works in Balikpapan, Indonesia, was on transit at Terminal 1 to catch a connecting flight to Paris when he had too many drinks.
He was seen by two aviation security officers walking towards a door with a fire alarm manual call point on it and punching it when he could not open the door.
He could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_541734.html
so what is the different between mischief and vandalism?
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too much drink.
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French people are a bunch of idiots. I don't care if they supplied all the mrt trains for downtown and circle line, or north east line.