Unhappy with a six-year-old boy who had kicked a styrofoam wall at a mall, causing his daughter to fall, a man slapped the boy’s face and bruised it.The 39-year-old Singaporean was sentenced to three weeks’ jail on Oct 9. He had pleaded guilty on Aug 20 to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt.He cannot be named to protect the identity of his daughter, who was around three years old at the time of the incident and is referred to as X1 in court documents.In sentencing, District Judge Janet Wang called the assault unwarranted and unprovoked.“Even if the accused was upset by the victim’s (act)… this reaction was way in excess of proportion,” said Judge Wang.The court heard previously that the man, his wife and their three daughters had gone to an indoor playground at Westgate shopping mall in Jurong on Dec 22, 2024.At around 2.30pm, he saw the boy kick a wall made of multicoloured styrofoam building blocks while at least one of his daughters was standing near it.At least one of the building blocks then fell on the floor, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Joelle Loy. Read more