SINGAPORE: A man struck his wife when she confronted him about his affair, fracturing her nasal bone and altering the shape of her nose.
As she sought medical help at a hospital, the man’s sister told her to lie to the doctor by saying she had injured herself in a fall.
But the doctor did not believe her and she eventually told him the truth, and later lodged a police report.
On Thursday (March 26), the man was sentenced to 11 months’ jail and one stroke of the cane after he pleaded guilty to two counts of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to his wife.
Four other charges for voluntarily causing hurt and harassment were taken into consideration during his sentencing.
The man, a former police officer, cannot be named due to a gag order protecting the identity of his wife. Court documents did not mention when he left the police force.
The couple are now divorced.
The court heard that the man had returned home drunk on Dec 11, 2018. His wife was angry with him as she had just found out he was having an affair.
The couple’s argument soon turned violent and the woman tried to defend herself by holding on to her husband. During the struggle, he swung his knee up and struck her nose, which started bleeding.
