S'pore man, 35, hit infant daughter's buttocks repeatedly, threw her onto mattress, gets 9 months' jail
The man and his wife were divorced in December 2025.
A Singaporean man in his 30s assaulted his infant daughter repeatedly, leading to a nine-month jail sentence. According to the Straits Times, the man began abusing the child when she was nine months old. Court documents revealed that the abuse occurred in the man's shared apartment with his ex-wife and their two daughters at the time.
On July 2, 2024, when the victim was nine months old, the man got up from his computer, shone his phone at her face, and began shouting for her to be quiet. He then hit her with a pillow and threw her onto her back. The man repeated his actions after she resumed crying, hitting her buttocks nine times. The second incident occurred on November 29, 2024, when the man smacked his daughter's bottom again before picking her up and throwing her onto the mattress.
The victim's mother tried to stop him but made no report until December 2024. The couple divorced a year later in December 2025. The man's lawyers stated that his two daughters are now cared for by his ex-wife, and since December 2024, he has had no contact with one of them. The man was diagnosed with major depressive disorder, which was a minor to moderate contributory factor in his committing the offenses.
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