Woman gets jail for whipping 6-year-old son over 100 times with belt
SINGAPORE - A woman ordered her misbehaving six-year-old son to do a handstand before whipping him more than 100 times with a belt.
She later made a false police report, claiming that her then boyfriend had abused the child.
The woman, who pleaded guilty in August 2023 to one count of abusing her son, was sentenced to 13 months in jail on Aug 2.
One count of giving false information to a police officer was considered during sentencing.
The 33-year-old woman cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the boy's identity,
At the time of the offences in May 2020, the victim lived with his mother, his siblings, half-siblings and step-siblings, as well as the mother's then boyfriend. Court documents did not state if the boyfriend fathered the victim.
On May 11 that year, the woman decided to punish the boy at home, over acts that were not disclosed in court documents.
She ordered him to do a handstand, but he could not maintain the posture. She then kicked and slapped the boy and hit him with a belt.