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SINGAPORE \u2013 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.<\/p>\n
Bennie Lee Wei Ming also confiscated the 74-year-old man\u2019s mobile phone to prevent him from contacting others and assaulted the victim on two separate occasions in February. <\/p>\n
The 40-year-old offender was sentenced to 13 weeks\u2019 jail on April 22 after he pleaded guilty to two assault charges. <\/p>\n
Two other charges, including one count of using criminal force on his mother, were considered during his sentencing.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The DPP added: \u201cThe accused would sometimes allow the victim to enter the unit to sleep, but only after requiring him to purchase breakfast for the accused.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring this same period, the victim\u2019s wife (who is the accused\u2019s mother) had also been forced to leave the unit and was residing with the accused\u2019s sister.\u201d<\/p>\n
Court documents stated that due to space constraints, Lee\u2019s sibling could not accommodate both parents.<\/p>\n
Lee had barred his father from entering the Buangkok Crescent flat on Feb 21, and the latter had to sleep at the void deck.<\/p>\n
The father tried to go home at around 5am the next day and got into a dispute with Lee.<\/p>\n
This was because the elderly man had refused to buy some testosterone patches for Lee, who felt that he needed them for his own perceived \u201ctestosterone deficiency\u201d.<\/p>\n
Lee then kicked his father\u2019s right leg three times and punched the latter\u2019s arm twice.<\/p>\n
The offender continued to prevent his father from entering the flat later that day, and the senior citizen had to sleep at the void deck again.<\/p>\n
The victim tried to return to the unit at around 5am on Feb 23, the court heard.<\/p>\n
DPP Law said: \u201cThe accused again demanded that the victim purchase testosterone patches for him and threatened that \u2018this story won\u2019t end\u2019 if his demands were not met. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe accused also made threats to burn down the unit. The victim argued back, leading to a dispute between them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lee then punched his father in the face \u2013 twice over the left eye \u2013 causing him to get dizzy.<\/p>\n
The victim did not seek medical treatment, said the prosecutor.<\/p>\n
Court documents did not disclose what happened next, but Lee was arrested later that day.<\/p>\n
He was charged in court two days later and had been in remand since. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n