SINGAPORE, July 16 -- A 59-year-old man who built a makeshift crossbow and used it to fire metal ball bearings at crows in his Tiong Bahru neighbourhood pleaded guilty on Thursday to a rash act endangering personal safety.

The case was reported by CNA, which said Seah Yam Seng bought materials online to assemble the device and later used it to shoot at trees and a linkway near his housing block after being disturbed by the birds' noise.

Seah, a Singaporean, admitted to one charge of committing a rash act that endangered personal safety, while three other charges including mischief for allegedly damaging a neighbour's windows with the ball bearings will be taken into consideration during sentencing.

The court heard that Seah bought the ...