SINGAPORE – After a nine-year-old boy defaecated and soiled himself, his angry mother hit him on the head with a shower head while bathing him.
The 36-year-old woman, who cannot be named to protect her son’s identity, was sentenced to 15 months and 12 weeks’ jail on April 22 after pleading guilty to one charge over ill-treating a child and another charge over a rash act involving killer litter.
Six more charges over similar offences were taken into consideration in sentencing.
Court documents stated that the woman had two sons, aged eight and nine at the time of the offences, who would stay with her on weekdays.
In September 2024, her elder son, identified as V2 in court documents, went to the market to buy noodles. During the trip, he soiled his pants.
When he reached home, his mother asked him to go to the bathroom, where she bathed him. As she was angry that he had soiled himself, she used the shower head to hit him on the head once and then hit his head against the wall multiple times.
The boy had cuts on his head and was bleeding profusely. The woman bandaged his head but did not seek medical treatment for his injuries.
On Dec 2, 2024, a doctor from KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) informed the police about a possible case of child abuse that had occurred at the woman’s home.
