Daughter of woman in Novena Church exorcism case back in court

[Windsorlou]

Updated: 10/01/2013 14:05 | By Channel NewsAsia

Daughter of woman in Novena Church exorcism case back in court

SINGAPORE: The woman who sued Novena Church six years ago for allegedly causing her psychological trauma through an alleged exorcism is now involved in another case -- this time, Mdm Amutha Valli Krishnan's daughter is accused of threatening her with a knife.

28-year-old Subashini Jeyabal was charged in July with criminal intimidation for placing the knife to her mother's neck. She allegedly threatened 57-year-old Mdm Amutha Valli in late June 2013 at their Ang Mo Kio flat.

Court documents stated that the accused had apparently said she would kill Mdm Amutha Valli and cut her.

Subashini also faces two other charges of causing hurt. She allegedly kicked her mother and slapped her father, Mr Suppiah Jeyabal, on the same day in June as well.

Subashni's lawyer, Louis Joseph, on Tuesday made representations to the court, saying the alleged incident did not happen as Mdm Amutha Valli is delusional. The case will be mentioned again on October 16.

Mdm Amutha Valli had claimed that the failed exorcism happened in 2004 at Novena Church and sought damages from it as well as the priests and volunteers. After a trial spanning two years, the High Court dismissed her case in 2009, saying the defendants' and Mdm Amutha Valli's evidence were bizarre. - CNA/ac

 

[Yazoo]

Updated: 03/31/2014 13:08 | By Channel NewsAsia

Daughter of woman who sued Novena Church sentenced for criminal intimidation

SINGAPORE: The daughter of the woman who unsuccessfully sued Novena Church over an alleged failed exorcism was on Monday sentenced to a three-month day reporting order for criminal intimidation.

Under the order, 28-year-old Subashini Jeyabal will be required to report regularly to a reporting centre for supervision and counselling.

She also has to serve 150 hours of community service within a year.

Subashini, an educational therapist, had threatened her mother -- Madam Amutha Valli Krishnan -- by placing a knife to her neck.

She had also told Madam Amutha Valli that she would kill her and cut her.

The incident took place in June last year at their Ang Mo Kio flat.

Two other charges for causing hurt were also taken into consideration during sentencing.

Subashini had kicked her mother in the stomach and slapped her father -- Mr Suppiah Jeyabal -- that same day.

According to court documents, the incident was sparked by a quarrel between Subashini and Madam Amutha Valli, after Madam Amutha Valli barged into Subashini's room accusing her of stealing money and having illicit relationships.

In her court case, Madam Amutha Valli had claimed that the failed exorcism occurred in 2004 at the Novena Church, and sought damages from the church, as well as its priests and volunteers.

She alleged in her suit that the incident had caused her psychological trauma.

After a trial spanning two years, the High Court dismissed her case in 2009. - CNA/nd

 

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Daughter admits threatening to kill mother with knife

Subashini Jeyabal (left), had put a knife to her mother's throat and said in Tamil: "I will kill you. I will cut you." Her mum, Madam Amutha (right), had gone to court in 2006 claiming she was the victim of a botched exorcism.

Elena Chong
The Straits Times
Thursday, Apr 03, 2014

The daughter of the woman who unsuccessfully sued the Novena Church for what she said was a botched exorcism was on Monday placed on a three-month day reporting order for criminal intimidation.

Subashini Jeyabal, 28, was handed the community-based sentence after she admitted to placing a knife against the neck of her mother, Madam Amutha Valli Krishnan, 57, and saying in Tamil, "I will kill you. I will cut you", with intent to cause her alarm, on June 29 last year.

The day reporting order requires the offender to report regularly to a reporting centre managed by the Singapore prisons, undergo programmes and be electronically tagged, where necessary, for up to 12 months.

She was also ordered to perform 150 hours of community service for 12 months and remain indoors from 11.30pm to 7.30am.

A Community Court heard that, during a dispute between mother and daughter, Subashini ran into the kitchen and took a knife from a drawer.

She went back into the living room and placed the 27cm-long knife on her mother's neck before threatening to kill her.

A family friend, who was also in the flat, intervened and managed to take the knife away. Two other charges of kicking her mother on the stomach and slapping her 62-year-old father Suppiah Jeyabal three times were also taken into consideration.

Subashini's lawyer Louis Joseph said his client, an education therapist and a science graduate from the University of Western Australia, was truly remorseful for her actions.

She is under the care of consultant psychiatrist Lim Yun Chin, who said she had always shared a "tenuous relationship" with her mother.

The mother was under the influence of alcohol on the day of the incident, said Dr Lim. Madam Amutha was also found to be constantly provocative, making wild unfounded allegations about Subashini's character, added Dr Lim.

Subashini has since moved out of the family flat.

Her mother, a former national race walker, sued the Novena Church, two Catholic priests and six churchgoers in 2006.

She claimed that she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after they forcibly tried to exorcise her in August 2004.

She also claimed that, after she fainted at the church, the defendants took her to a room where, for 2½ hours, she was harassed, restrained, assaulted and strangled.

During the 32-day trial, witnesses said they saw Madam Amutha crawl, march and speak in a gruff voice as she took on the personalities of a snake spirit, a dead soldier and Lucifer.

The private tutor lost the case in February 2009 and was made a bankrupt in March 2010 after she failed to pay $373,000 in legal costs to the defendants.

The maximum penalty for criminal intimidation is two years' jail and a fine.

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[Microsoft]

and remain indoors from 11.30pm to 7.30am.

Huai confine to home leh? Realli all out 2 gib her chance...to cut de mom throat izit?

 

[lianbeng]

lianbeng remembers "The Exorcist" starring Linda Blair! "Rayden..." (sorry if wrong spelling)