by Khushwant Singh
A CONSTRUCTION worker was charged in a district court on Friday for biting and punching a 27-year-old woman and stealing her cell phone valued at $250.
According to court documents, Pansapakesan Ranjitkumar, 29 and an Indian national, is believed to have committed the offences at 9pm on Jan 1, 2011, at the void deck of Block 173 Woodlands Street 13.
The victim was identified as Ms Siti Juliana Zullkefley.
Through his lawyer K.R. Manicka, Ranjitkumar, who is in remand since his arrest soon after the alleged offences, said that he intends to plead guilty.
The case will be next heard on March 4, 2011.
If convicted, he could be jailed up to two years and fined for causing hurt and up to three years and fined for theft.