Man gets 9 months' jail after hitting, throwing pillow at baby daughter whose crying angered him
The man had also abused his elder daughter by leaving the girl outside and depriving her of milk.
A Singapore father was sentenced to nine months in jail after abusing his infant daughter by shining a torch into her face, shouting, and throwing a pillow at her during a period of anger. The court heard about a series of similar incidents where the man, now 35, abused his two daughters, one of whom is a year older. One of these incidents involved leaving the older girl outside and depriving her of milk.
The man pleaded guilty to two counts of ill-treating a child, with seven other similar charges taken into consideration for sentencing. The abuse was captured on a motion-activated camera in the study where the baby's cot was located. The father's lawyers argued that he was under stress at work and suffered from major depressive disorder, which they said contributed to his actions.
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