Andrew Charles Vasko was 'oblivious' to Madam Salinah Mohamed, who was crossing the junction with the blinking green light in her favour, said the prosecution.
SINGAPORE: A driver who did not see an off-duty police officer crossing the road and drove into her, causing her death, was sentenced to 10 weeks' jail and banned from driving for five years on Tuesday .
District Judge Shawn Ho said Vasko was not looking in the direction of the pedestrian crossing while making the right turn and found his culpability to be moderate.He had consumed two glasses of white wine on the night of the incident at Sentosa, but passed a breathalyser test. He was also not speeding, the court found.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Stacey Fernandez asked for four to six months' jail, with a driving ban of five years. He also has a good driving record, said the lawyer, having only one offence for speeding in 2014, which he paid a composition fine for.
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