A woman who is accused of killing her boyfriend took to the witness on Thursday ( Apr 17 ) for the first time and described how turbulent their relationship was before it was shaken by violence and drinking.
On July 15, 2021, Nguyen Ngoc Giau, 43, is accused of killing Mr. Cho Wang Keung, 51, along the fifth-floor popular hall of Block 562, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3.
Mr. Cho perished from stab wounds to his chest, neck, and back.
Nguyen shared a three-room apartment with Mr. Cho in the Housing Board wall. One of the rooms was rented by another client, Tan Cheng Mun.
She was shown video images of herself arguing with Mr. Cho and Mr. Tan in the days leading up to the fatal incident while moving around the apartment, purchasing beverages from a minimart, and arguing with them on the stand.
But she later told the judge that she did not recall these events and that she thought this was because she was drunk at the time.
Nguyen, a permanent resident of Singapore, claimed that she first arrived in Singapore in 2010 and met her husband while working for KTV while giving information through a Taiwanese translator.
After two weeks, they got married and had two kids.
The little girl claimed that she next saw her kids in 2019 and that her most recent interaction with him occurred before that. They continue to legally marry.
Nguyen recently reported to the court that he moved into the apartment as a client in July 2020 and that he first slept in the living space. Around October 2020, she started dating Mr. Cho emotionally.
Nguyen claimed that a common friend introduced her to Mr. Cho in 2020 and that she started renting a place at his level when she was first dating him, who was also married.
Nguyen claimed that the bereaved developed fondness for her after taking care of his daughter, who was then older than two.
She claimed that the baby was the one who united them by grabbing their arms and urging them to begin a relationship.
When Favian Kang, the defense attorney, inquired about her connection with Mr. Cho’s character, she said they would drink and argue frequently and battle about five times per week.
Before Mr. Cho’s passing, Mr. Kang asked Nguyen to share three of their most intense conflicts.
The pair once engaged in domestic argument after each accusing the other of spying on other people. Nguyen claimed that the bereaved harmed and inflicted facial injuries on her.
Nguyen claimed that the bereaved told her to returning the items he had given her when she requested to end the relationship on a different situation.
She continued, claiming that the other landlord, Mr. Tan, “pressed” her mind to the floor as the dying removed a band, watch, and necklace from her collection. She claimed that this caused her harm.
The pair fought at the space board of their block on the next occasion. Nguyen claimed that she requested a second breakup and that she had asked the dying to purchase her a return weather solution to Vietnam.
Mr. Cho responded that he “hoped that the aircraft does… fall into the sea,” according to Nguyen. She hit him with a magazine, which turned into a real encounter, and she became furious. There was a call for the authorities.
Mr. Tan recently claimed that the couple had fought at their apartment’s void board about two to three months prior to Mr. Cho’s passing and were both detained by the police.
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Then, on July 15, 2021, Nguyen’s attorney assisted her in the days leading up to the dangerous stabbing, which occurred at around 12.55 am. He explained to the determine that the affair had begun two to three days prior.
Nguyen claimed that after another struggle, she requested to end her relationship with Mr. Cho.
Nguyen drank into the night before going home on July 13, 2021. She claimed that she frequently purchased four to six cartons of ale at once but may not recall how little she consumed at the time.
She recalls locking the bathroom door, turning off her mobile, and lying on the bed because she was concerned Mr. Cho may break into their home and start a fight.
She recalls hearing Mr. Cho and Mr. Tan’s voices, and she said it was only when she left the room that she could hardly hear either of them again that she left.
Nguyen claimed she had no idea when she drank until the dawn.
However, when she woke up on July 14, 2021, she recalls Mr. Cho reprimanding her for locking the room door the night before. She even recalled going out to get more liquor at night.
The following morning, Mr. Kang showed Nguyen video images of herself from closed-circuit tv cameras in the apartment’s house.
Nguyen recalls that she sharpened a blade because she wanted to commit suicide.
She claimed to the court that this was because she misses both her deceased father, who “never beat ( her )” and her children.
When questioned about the 35 calls she made to Mr. Cho and the six words information she sent him that evening, she responded that she had no memory of them.
Additionally, she did not recall going to a minimart where she was caught on camera drinking four cans of ale at around 9:30 p.m.
She claimed to the jury that she “didn’t remember anything,” citing the fact that she was already intoxicated.
Then, at around 11.20 p.m. and 12.10 a.m., Mr. Kang showed Nguyen CCTV footage from when she was in the home that day. He inquired if she remembered saying she didn’t remember vomiting, but she responded that she did no.
He even showed her a picture he had taken of him and Mr. Tan posing with his neck as they questioned him about where he had been drinking.
Nguyen claimed she was unable to recall this affair.
According to Mr. Tan’s speech, the dying told him that he wanted to break up with Nguyen on July 14, 2021, while he was having coffee with the dying at a caffeine factory in Bishan.
However, the deceased informed Mr. Tan that whenever he brought it up, Nguyen would demand a “break-up fee” of between S$ 5, 000 and S$ 10, 000, as the court previously heard.
Mr. Tan claimed that when they arrived home after midnight, Nguyen began to question Mr. Cho about where he was going and where he had been drinking.
Nguyen” plainly” has an alcohol use disorder and was good in” a condition of chronic alcohol intoxication” at the time of the reported crime, according to a report released by the Institute of Mental Health on August 16, 2021.
Nguyen returns to the witness list on April 22 for the prosecution.
She faces the death penalty or life in prison if found guilty.  ,