Man pleads guilty to culpable homicide for fatal blow to girlfriend's three-year-old

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Man pleads guilty to culpable homicide for fatal blow to girlfriend's three-year-old son

Published on Apr 22, 2013

23-year-old Muhammad Raffiq Jaffah (above) has been charged with the murder of three-year-old Danish Iman Abdullah, who went into a coma after being struck on the head, and died five days later from traumatic head injuries. -- ST FILE PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Selina Lum

A part-time furniture mover struck his girlfriend's three-year-old son so hard, the toddler went into a coma and died five days later from traumatic head injuries.

On Monday, Muhammad Raffiq Jaffah, 25, pleaded guilty in the High Court to a charge of culpable homicide for killing Danish Iman Jaffah in December 2010.

He also pleaded guilty to abusing the child on two previous occasions - placing a heated cigarette lighter on the boy's body and caning him with a clothes hanger - as well as unrelated charges of rioting and driving under disqualification.

Danish Iman was the child of his 24-year-old cousin and girlfriend, Ms Nurul Jannah Jasman, from her previous relationship. Ms Nurul Jannah, a bartender's assistant at a nightclub, would leave the boy in Muhammad Raffiq's care whenever she had to work or run errands.

Muhammad Raffiq will be sentenced on May 14. Prosecutors are seeking at least 14 years' jail and 10 strokes of the cane.

 

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Three-year-old Danish Iman Abdullah was brutally abused by his mother's boyfriend. The boy was in a coma for a whole week before he succumbed to death.
Post mortem done, and due to the brutality, one of the bones of his legs were broken into 8 pcs.
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Danish Iman was the child of his 24-year-old cousin and girlfriend, Ms Nurul Jannah Jasman, from her previous relationship. Ms Nurul Jannah, a bartender's assistant at a nightclub, would leave the boy in Muhammad Raffiq's care whenever she had to work or run errands.

lianbeng highlighted 2 phrases to see the point! he committed incest (sex with close relations) with his cousin who was a bartender's assistant at a nightclub! now i see the point!

 

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10 years' jail, 10 strokes of the cane for killing girlfriend's toddler

Published on May 14, 2013

Muhammad Raffiq Jaffah has been charged with the murder of three-year-old Danish Iman Abdullah. The toddler died on Dec 20, 2010, six days after he was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). -- ST FILE PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Ian Poh

A part-time furniture mover, who struck his girlfriend's three-year-old son so hard that the toddler fell into a coma and died in hospital five days later from his injuries, was sentenced to 10 years' jail and 10 strokes of the cane.

The sentence meted out on Tuesday to Muhammad Raffiq Jaffah, 25, includes punishment for unrelated charges of rioting and driving under disqualification.

Muhammad Raffiq pleaded guilty last month to these charges, in addition to a charge of culpable homicide for killing Danish Iman Abdullah in Dec 2010, and abusing the child on two previous occasions. The three-year-old is the son of his girlfriend, who is also his cousin, from a previous relationship.

The toddler died on Dec 20, 2010 from traumatic head injuries. The toddler hit his head on a wall from the impact of a slap on the face by Muhammad Raffiq. The boy later fell in the toilet.

 

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Re: Man pleads guilty to culpable homicide for fatal blow to girlfriend's three-year-

lianbeng highlighted 2 phrases to see the point! he committed incest (sex with close relations) with his cousin who was a bartender's assistant at a nightclub! now i see the point!

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