The man was dissatisfied with his ex-wife not giving him money and attacked her with scissors. Another time he fell into the hospital and threatened the security with scissors. He was sentenced to one year in prison yesterday (22nd).
The 58-year-old defendant, Mohamed Nor Bacheekantakattu Mamoothy, faces charges including deliberately assaulting his 55-year-old ex-wife, stealing and two counts of criminal intimidation. The other six charges, including insulting civil servants, will be taken into consideration by the judge when they are sentencing.
According to the “Today” report, the court revealed that the defendant’s ex-wife was living alone “out of pity” when the case happened. Sometimes the defendant was allowed to stay at home. When he asked him to pick up things on October 18 last year, he reported against her. The case had a dispute with her. The court documents did not mention why the ex-wife reported the crime.
The defendant also accused the ex-wife of stealing his money at the time. Although the ex-wife denied the accusation, he still insisted that she hand over 600 SGD. But she was about to go to work at the time and would not care about him.
Unexpectedly, when she asked the defendant to leave, the defendant took a pair of scissors from the kitchen and asked her: “Do you want to see if I can stab you?” He then stabbed her with the scissors, leaving five centimeters on her back. Scars.
She did not seek medical treatment afterwards, but told the defendant that she had called her nephew and that her sister was on the way to arrive, so the defendant gave up and left.
As early as April last year, the defendant also stole the ex-wife’s ATM card for 350 SGD.
Another incident occurred on July 13 last year. The defendant was admitted to Sengkang General Hospital because of a fall. He wanted to go downstairs to buy drinks at 7 o’clock in the evening, but was rejected by the nurse on duty because of his health.
But he refused to listen and insisted on leaving the ward. The three security guards went to dissuade him after receiving the notice. When they tried to persuade him to return to the room, he suddenly showed a pair of scissors and pointed at one of them, threatening to hurt him. Warn them not to approach or they will be beaten.
The maximum penalty for deliberately injuring her ex-wife is up to two years in prison, a fine of up to 5,000 SGD, or both, while criminal intimidation threatens her to cause serious harm and can be sentenced to at least seven years in prison; theft can be convicted Imprisonment for up to seven years or a fine is imposed; the maximum penalty for criminal intimidation of security personnel is imprisonment for up to two years, a fine, or both.