9 months’ jail, fine for father who bit, choked, tied young son and said he hated him
SINGAPORE - A delivery driver who bit his son and later choked him and tied him up with a bicycle cord was jailed and fined on Tuesday (Aug 10). The 36-year-old, who cannot be named due to a gag order, was jailed for nine months and fined $4,500. He pleaded guilty to two charges of ill treatment of a child and one charge each of voluntarily causing hurt and harassment. Another five charges, including one for a road rage incident, were taken into consideration for sentencing. In November 2018, the man's wife brought their two sons, aged five and one, to the polyclinic. The older boy bit his younger brother on the right thigh while they were playing. When the man found out about it that evening, he caned and bit his older son on the thigh, wanting him to feel how painful it was to be bitten. The police were called when the boy was brought for a planned visit to the hospital the next month, and a nurse saw the man handling his son roughly by grabbing him, forcing him to lie down and holding down his legs. The doctor also found injuries on the boy. In March 2019, the man was driving his van to collect parcels when the same boy vomited in the van. The man became angry, and later grabbed...
