6 Weeks' Jail, Driving Ban for Man Who Drove Car into Country Club Pool

A man who drove his car into a country club's swimming pool twice in the span of eight minutes has been sentenced to six weeks' jail.

- Andrew Wong

He will also be disqualified from holding all classes of driving licenses for 36 months.

The sentencing came two days after William Teng Guan How, 63, pleaded guilty on April 7 to one drink-driving charge and one of performing a rash act endangering human life.

On April 9, District Judge Koo Zhi Xuan said Teng had clearly crossed the threshold for a custodial sentence.

"He was intoxicated well above the legal limit and clearly unfit to drive the car. He drove into an area where vehicles were not permitted to be driven into and spent eight minutes driving around haphazardly," said the judge.

He pointed out that Teng was not even sober enough to be aware of the damage he had caused from the time he got into the car until he ended up in the swimming pool.