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A 65-year-old man in Singapore has been sentenced to one year and six weeks in jail for violently assaulting a coffeeshop employee in a drunken rampage that left her with a spinal fracture and serious head injuries.
A Hong Kong mother and son have been sentenced to up to six months' imprisonment by a Singapore court for a violent altercation at Changi Airport in June 2024, which resulted in injuries to both a bystander and a police officer.
An Indonesian maid has received a life sentence in Singapore for suffocating her employer's 73-year-old father with a pillow in 2022. The killing followed accusations of theft and mounting financial pressures from scams.
A 66-year-old wheelchair user in Singapore has been sentenced to 12 years and 11 months' jail for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy over a three-year period. Judge Audrey Lim imposed additional jail time in lieu of caning.
A 22-year-old Singaporean has been sentenced to over nine years' imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane for sexually exploiting two 13-year-old girls through deception and grooming between late 2023 and mid-2024.