{
  "id": 1860710,
  "title": "S'porean woman, 54, gets 6 months' jail for assaulting 3 people near preschool, previously fined for harassing nurse neighbour during pandemic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/sporean-woman-54-gets-6-months-jail-for-assaulting-3-people-near",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T17:21:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/08/repeat-offender-jail-preschool-profanities/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Lim Sok Lay, a 54-year-old Singaporean woman, has been sentenced to six months and two weeks in jail for assaulting three individuals and causing a disturbance near a preschool. She pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including assault, being a public nuisance, and voluntarily causing hurt to a security officer. This is not her first offense; she was previously fined S$4,000 in 2022 and S$4,000 in 2025 for harassing her nurse neighbour during the Covid-19 pandemic and causing a commotion during her son's lion dance competition.",
  "summary": "While in IMH she also scratched and bit a nurse on the elbow.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}