SINGAPORE – Over the course of multiple months, a man prevented his father from entering his home at night, forcing him to sleep at the void deck even though the senior citizen owned the Housing Board flat.
Bennie Lee Wei Ming also confiscated the 74-year-old man’s mobile phone to prevent him from contacting others and assaulted the victim on two separate occasions in February.
The 40-year-old offender was sentenced to 13 weeks’ jail on April 22 after he pleaded guilty to two assault charges.
Two other charges, including one count of using criminal force on his mother, were considered during his sentencing.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Law Yan An told the court that Lee had prevented his father from coming home at night for about six months prior to the offences.
The DPP added: “The accused would sometimes allow the victim to enter the unit to sleep, but only after requiring him to purchase breakfast for the accused.
“During this same period, the victim’s wife (who is the accused’s mother) had also been forced to leave the unit and was residing with the accused’s sister.”
