SINGAPORE – A 58-year-old man taking care of his younger brother who had many chronic diseases became fed up with the victim’s incessant cleaning of their flat in Boon Lay.
In the early hours of March 11, 2025, Abdul Rani Md Ariffin strangled and suffocated Abdul Rahman Mohamed Ariffin, 56, following an argument over the endless cleaning.
Rani also pitied his younger brother because of his illnesses and wanted to make the victim’s worries disappear, prosecutors told the High Court on June 30.
On June 30, Rani, who is now 59, was sentenced to eight years’ jail after he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
He was originally charged with murder.
The charge was reduced after a psychiatric assessment found that he was suffering from adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct that included depressed mood state and irritability.
The condition impaired his ability to appreciate the moral wrongfulness of his actions in ending the victim’s life, the psychiatric report stated.
It also said he was facing caregiver stress, and that there was evidence he had difficulties in emotional regulation and expression.
Rani shared the flat with his younger brother and two older sisters. Both men were unemployed.
Rani slept on the sofa in the living room, his two sisters slept in a bedroom, while the victim took another bedroom.
The victim had been diagnosed with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and chronic kidney disease. He was also diagnosed with depression since 2008.
Rani took care of his three siblings. He took Rahman and their two sisters, Salbiah and Zarah, to their medical appointments, and bought household items and groceries.
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