SINGAPORE: A 34-year-old woman who splashed hot water on her children, after suspecting one of them had stolen money from her, was sentenced to one-and-a-half years of probation on Thursday ( Jan 9 ).
The mother of four, who is a single mommy, must undergo medical evaluation and follow all medications and medical treatments that are prescribed to her.
She had also adhere to the Child Protective Service’s health plan and take part in counseling sessions offered by her social service agencies as needed.
Her parole order may be reviewed after nine weeks. Her sister also took on a S$ 5, 000 ( US$ 3, 650 ) bond to ensure her good behaviour during the probation period.
According to gag orders to protect the identities of her children, the woman may get identified. They were aged eight, nine, 10 and 11 at the time of the crimes in July 2022.
She recently admitted guilt on one count of neglecting a baby in her attention, with sentencing for three more counts involving her other children.
On the day of Jul 2, 2022, the person asked her youngest child, an 11-year-old woman, to fetch S$ 20 from her pocket to purchase bread for breakfast.
The girl was surprised when the woman claimed there was only S$ 5 in the bag because she recalled having S$ 60 the night before.
She suspected that one of her kids had previously stolen the wealth and directed them to look for it.
As they looked, she boiled waters in the kitchen, filled three-quarters of a cup with the warm water, therefore went to the room where they were.
They were instructed to return the money by her to turn the hot liquid in their path.
When the children continued to object to the family splashing hot water into the glass at them, she filled it again.
She kept doing this until she had previously splashed each baby. The kids cried and yelled their regrets as they were scalded by the ocean.
When the kids stopped searching to prepare for college, the girl noticed fires on her nine-year-old boy. When she looked over the other children, she realized they all had the same injury.
Before calling her girlfriend to come over, she began to cry and massaged the girls with medical crude. The Singapore Civil Defence Force then called an ambulance.
The victim’s 10-year-old child suffered burns on 10 per share of her system, including her left arm, abdomen and hips.
She needed general anesthesia, and she needed to undergo grooming changes and chronic wound examinations. On her left arm, she had a sweet scar that was about 2 cm by 1 cm, with a chance of permanent scarring.
The eight-year-old girl had fires over 7 per cent of her brain, while the 11-year-old girl and nine-year-old boy had fires on 1 per cent and 2 per cent of their body both.  ,
The woman’s attorney, from the Public Defender’s Office, recently said that she had single-handedly raised the four babies after overcoming a poor family history, an aggressive ex-husband and severe depressive disorder.
She had worked hard and sought assistance from social service organizations despite only having a major college education, he told the jury at a prior reading.
According to Deputy Public Prosecutor Tin Shu Min, the trial did not object to probation in accordance with the probation officer’s recommendations on Thursday.
Ms. Tin claimed that the person’s actions following the crimes demonstrated her sincere remorse and that there was also proof of a very strong desire for change.
For instance, the lady continued to work with her family’s service center at her request yet though she had already left their service area.
Her parents who were the physical firms she worked with could attest to her parenting abilities, and her crimes were deemed to be off-kilter. Her parole official also determined that she had a lower likelihood of reoffending.
The woman was confronted with some risk factors, such as a lack of loving physical relationships, but this could be taken into account when considering how motivated she was to change herself to care for her children.
Ms. Tin added that the mothers of the children were beginning to integrate with their mothers, and that imprisonment could interfere with this approach and hinder the person’s ability to maintain her job. She is her family’s major father.
District Judge Tan Jen Tse instructed the girl to adhere to the probation’s requirements before resuming her sentenced to the court and re-offend.