S'pore man accuses wife of cheating & chokes her until son steps in, gets 1 year & 10 weeks' jail
The man had threatened to kill his wife and sons more than once.
In a recent incident, a 46-year-old man from Singapore was sentenced to one year and ten weeks in prison for choking his wife after she denied having an affair. According to Lianhe Zaobao, the woman lost consciousness before their 17-year-old son intervened, pulling his father away. The man was subsequently charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt, criminal intimidation, and criminal force.
He admitted guilt to three of the four charges against him. The couple, along with their two sons aged 17 and 14, have requested a gag order to protect the minors' identities. The argument began when the man questioned his wife about her alleged infidelity, an accusation the wife denied. The man then took away her phone, preventing her from reaching the authorities, and continued choking her until her son awoke and intervened.
The wife subsequently called the police, who arrived at the scene on the following day. This is not the first time the man has threatened violence towards his family. In October 2020, he threatened to kill his son and the entire family, causing alarm to the wife who locked the boys in their room. In May 2024, he confronted a man at a bar for allegedly touching his colleague's breast, resulting in a fractured nasal bone for the victim.
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