Mother and 2 daughters jailed for abusing, scalding boy with hot oil

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SINGAPORE - A mother and her two daughters were sentenced to jail on Wednesday for a series of horrific abuses committed on a boy who was staying with them.

The trio pleaded guilty today to causing grievous hurt to the boy, now 10 years old, The Straits Times reported. The 46-year-old mother received a five-year jail term, while her daughters, aged 20 and 24, were jailed for 20 months each.

The elder daughter, who was convicted on another charge of cheating a cleaning firm of some $2,300, was jailed an additional two more months, ST said.

The youngest daughter, 14, who was also involved in abusing the boy, pleaded guilty on Dec 1. She is currently in remand at the Singapore Girls' Home, awaiting a probation report due on Jan 12 next year.

During the period between 2009 and June 2011, the boy was subject to a variety of abuses, including having his fingers cut with a pair of scissors, being burnt with a hot iron, and being beaten repeatedly.

On one occasion, he was scalded with hot oil for eating up all the food in the house.

During that episode, the mother asked her three daughters to hold the boy down while she used a ladle to pour hot oil on the boy's face and chest. She subsequently told her daughters to turn the boy over, so she could splash the hot oil on his back.

The series of abuses has left the boy with multiple burns and with scars which may cause permanent disfigurement.

The boy is now in a welfare home and attending school, ST reported. The identity of his father is unknown, while his mother cannot be located.

As his birth was not registered, he does not have a birth certificate.

The court has imposed a gag order on naming the parties involved, to protect the boy's identity.

 

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The 46-year-old mother received a five-year jail term, while her daughters, aged 20 and 24, were jailed for 20 months each.

The elder daughter, who was convicted on another charge of cheating a cleaning firm of some $2,300, was jailed an additional two more months, ST said.

The youngest daughter, 14, who was also involved in abusing the boy, pleaded guilty on Dec 1. She is currently in remand at the Singapore Girls' Home, awaiting a probation report due on Jan 12 next year.

The identity of his father is unknown, while his mother cannot be located.

As his birth was not registered, he does not have a birth certificate.

Wat a big mess...

 

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want to hazard a guess on the race?

 

[Glaringly]

This is earlier reported and I wonder why the discrepencies about the boy's parent?


Probation report called for girl involved in abusing boy
Posted: 01 December 2011 1512 hrs

SINGAPORE: A probation report has been called for a 14-year-old girl who held her 10-year-old relative while her mother splashed hot oil on him.

The girl, her parents and two sisters aged 20 and 24, were arrested in June this year.

Channel NewsAsia understands the 46-year-old mother, who works as a cleaner, is the grand-aunt of the boy.

The court heard the boy -- who started living with the family at age four when his biological mother went to prison -- had been abused since 2009.

Early this year, the girl and her sisters complained to their mother that the boy had eaten all the food in the house, and was playing with the gas stove.

Their mother then instructed the three of them to hold the boy's arms and legs down while she heated cooking oil in a frying pan.

The woman then took off his shirt and used a ladle to splash hot oil from the frying pan onto his face and bare body.

She then told her daughters to turn the boy around, and she repeated the act on his bare back.

A medical report by Dr Sharon Wong of KK Women's and Children's Hospital revealed the boy suffered facial deformities, including multiple first-degree burns and several scars over his head and face.

The boy is currently in a welfare home.

Two other charges of voluntarily causing hurt were taken into consideration by the district judge when calling for a probation report for the girl.

The girl had abetted her mother to cause hurt to the boy on two occasions.

On the first occasion, she had held the boy down while her mother snipped his fingers with a pair of scissors.

On the second occasion, she did the same thing while her mother pressed a hot ladle against the boy's back.

In mitigation, her lawyer Mr M S Rajendran said the girl was "not thinking rationally when she was confronted with obedience towards her mother".

The court also heard the girl knew the boy was in pain and "felt sorry for him but could not bring herself to defy her mother".

Her lawyer added the girl is currently in a girls' home and is remorseful.

Her uncle and aunt have offered to take custody of her and have signed a bond ensuring her good behaviour.

Both her parents and sisters will have their cases mentioned in court on 23 December.

- CNA/wk

 

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This is a sad case. And the cycle is going to repeat itself, now the uncle and aunt has to take care of the other daughter when they all went to prison.

Isn't it something is very wrong here? First the boy's mother went to prison and is foster out to this "relative".

Where are the society safety net and why should it be the next of kin to handle it regardless of their financial situation and in the boy's case, his fate were ruin in the hands of a abusing relative.