SINGAPORE – A youth worker was sentenced to nine weeks’ jail for beating up a 12-year-old boy living at a children’s home, in an attack that lasted more than three minutes.
The 28-year-old, who was employed at the home, pleaded guilty on Oct 29 to voluntarily causing hurt to a victim under age 14.
He cannot be named as doing so can lead to the identification of the children’s home and the victim, whose identity is protected by a gag order.
Before the assault, the offender and the boy had got into a dispute, creating a lingering disagreement between them, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Mark Chia. It was not said in court what the dispute was about.
On Nov 10, 2024, while the boy was watching television in a room at the children’s home, the offender confronted and shoved him in the chest.
He then forcefully pushed the boy, who fell off his chair and hit a wall nearby.
