A Singaporean Grab driver who had committed traffic offenses while ferrying passengers paid $10,000 to an accomplice to take the blame for her offense.
When no driver was willing, the said accomplice got his wife to bear the burden. The accused Candy McDonald, also known as Lim Siew Peng, was sentenced on Tuesday (Nov 1) to four days’ jail, a fine of S$2,500 and a driving ban of 15 months.
McDonald, 51, pleaded guilty to one count each of dangerous driving and obstructing the course of justice.
The court heard that McDonald was friends with her co-accused, 46-year-old Koh Chew Seng, and his wife.
Koh was also a Grab driver and managed a car rental company known as Koheng Auto.
In December 2019, Koh advised McDonald to rent a car from his company for her work as a Grab driver, and McDonald did so.
On May 16, 2020, McDonald was ferrying passengers in a rented car when she drove dangerously. She went against the flow of traffic to overtake a vehicle, narrowly avoiding an oncoming vehicle and forcing the driver of this vehicle to apply his brakes to avoid a collision.
