{
  "id": 2080397,
  "title": "Man jailed 21 months for stomping on 72-year-old father’s chest, fracturing his ribs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/man-jailed-21-months-for-stomping-on-72-year-old-fathers-chest",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T05:39:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times",
    "slug": "straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-jailed-21-months-for-stomping-on-72-year-old-fathers-chest-fracturing-his-ribs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "According to prosecutors, a 35-year-old man named Teo Yao Zhong was sentenced to 21 months in jail for assaulting his 72-year-old father who lived in the same home. The assault occurred in 2023 and involved Teo stomping on his father's chest and fracturing his ribs. The attack took place after Teo became angry when his father did not share the rent money from a tenant with him. Teo first threw household items at his father before midnight on January 19, 2023. When his father tried to stop him, Teo used a remote control to hit his head multiple times. As his father fell to the floor, Teo stomped on his chest. The older man sustained rib fractures and a scalp laceration. Teo pleaded guilty at the start of the hearing and his solicitor stated that he did not recall the events of that day but accepted he had done wrong.",
  "summary": "The assault left the father, who had to call the police for help, with rib fractures and a scalp laceration.",
  "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."
}