Singapore-based creative Stuart Mills sentenced to a week in prison for punching security guard
Singapore based ad-industry creative Stuart Mills was sentenced to a week in prison yesterday for punching a security guard in April this year. The prison term was significantly less than the maximum sentence for an offence of this sort, which could have been as much as two years in jail and a fine of S$5000.
Through the trial, it was revealed that Mills had made a voluntary contribution of S$2,000 to the victim of the assault – Andrew Lim. This was to cover Lim’s medical expenses, which stood at over S$1,000 and a replacement for his prescription glasses that were broken in the course of the altercation.
Mills’ lawyer Ramesh Tiwary said that his client had been subsequently diagnosed with a “major depressive disorder” and was “utterly remorseful for what he had done”, according to media reports of the trial. Tiwary also alleged that his client had received “hate mail” with the most recent of these messages arriving two weeks ago.
While the deputy public prosecutor Vincent Ong pushed for a two week prison sentence, Tiwary gunned for a shorter term or a fine.
A permanent resident of Singapore and married to a Singaporean, Mills is the owner of The Creative Mills. His last job before going the entrepreneurial route was as global creative director at TBWA Singapore. He left the agency in May 2018.
Having worked across the UK and Australia, Mills began the Asia-leg of his career joining Ogilvy Singapore in 2005.
He later worked for Phibious in Vietnam, Bates CHI Singapore as a freelance creative director and at Cheil in Korea, before moving back to Singapore to join TBWA in 2017.
A week is a [Edited under Mumbrella’s community guidelines] travesty
ReplyGive him a break.
ReplyI think they have given him a break….for one week.
ReplyThen it’s back to the hell he has created for himself.
how about giving the security guard a break instead?
Replysecurity guard got a break alright….he broke his spectacles.
ReplySome people think they own the world, until they (shock, horror) realize that they don’t!
Replythere are times when being an expat is an embarassment is one of them, the guy is trying to humiliate “oh you walked into my arm’ trips the guys, slaps him and then runs away…”oh my client got hate mail” deservedly so
This is not the Empire anymore, so can a Singaporean Chinese go slap around an old Expat and claim “oh i’m suffering from depression?”
ReplyThe initial assault was pathetic. This mitigation is even more so.
Should be taking the punishment like the man he thought he was when sucker punching an old guy.
Good luck to The Creative Mills /(
ReplySure what he did was unforgivable.
ReplyBut he didn’t hop on a plane and flee.
He’s taking his lumps like a big boy.
Let’s hope he’s learnt his lesson and won’t squander his second chance.
Second chance…yellow ribbon…thats only valid for cleaning tables at McDonalds. You obviously dont know how life works.
ReplyAgreed.
ReplyIt will be great to deport Stuart or better still he leaves Singapore on his own accord. We have no need for such foreign talents in Singapore.
ReplyHis action was uncalled for and we totally are against this type of people in our country.
Please Mr Mills, do leave our country and go elsewhere.
You are not only an embarrassment to the expat community but also an embarrassment to a normal person.
1 week jail is too little and even so the fine should have been more for causing hurt to someone that was just doing his job and was trying to reason with him and offered assistance.
Stuart … you are a [Edited under Mumbrella’s community guidelines]!
If you didn’t need [Edited under Mumbrella’s community guidelines], he wouldn’t be here. No business is going to pay the over inflated fees of an expat unless needed. It’s [Edited under Mumbrella’s community guidelines]. You want to get rid of expat talent? – step up.
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