SINGAPORE: The stepmother of two children who were abused by their father until one of them died is set to plead guilty to charges of joining her then-spouse in ill-treating the children.
The 35-year-old Singaporean woman, who cannot be named to protect the identities of the victims including the surviving boy, was given the date of Mar 13 to plead guilty after a pre-trial conference on Friday (Jan 9).
She faces six charges pertaining to the abuse of the children and to lying to the police about being abused by her then-spouse. She had testified during the man’s trial that they were in the midst of divorce proceedings.
The girl was five when she died and her brother was a year younger than her.
The woman is accused of ill-treating her two stepchildren, along with her then-husband, by barricading them in the corner of a room measuring around 90cm by 90cm with limited space for movement.
