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He took a kitchen knife, went into his wife's room and stabbed her several times in the neck, shoulders, chest and abdomen – at the sight of their ten year old daughter . [19659004SriIdayuGhazaliawastakentothehospitalwhereshediedofherwoundsonthedayaftermorning
Pleading guilty to a reduced charge of culpable homicide, Jonit, 39, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in jail.
Zhuo Wenzhao, Deputy Prosecutor (DPP), told the court that the couple had been married since 2007 but had a difficult relationship. .
Jonit did not have a stable job and even had another son with a woman with whom he had an affair.
Finally, Idayu filed for divorce in March 2016. About four months later, she later released a personal protection order against Jonit
Court documents did not specify why
Jonit left the # 39, their Yishun Road area and Idayu's parents settled to stay with her and their two children
. The incident occurred on August 13, 2016, Jonit went and took their daughters, ages 10 and 11, to a playground nearby. Suspecting that she was going out with another guy, he asked them if Idayu was late the day before. They said yes.
Around 8:15 pm, he brought them back to the apartment, then went into the kitchen, took a knife with an 11 cm blade and put it in the back pocket of his jeans.
After Idayu's mother left the apartment with their eldest daughter to go to a nearby store, Jonit entered the master bedroom, where Idayu was using her phone on the bed. He asked her if she had gone out the night before, and she told him that it was not his business.
Upon hearing Idayu's answer, Jonit took out the kitchen knife and began to stab her repeatedly
yelling sakit (Malay for "pain"), their youngest daughter rushed into the room and saw Jonit stabbing Idayu.
When he saw his daughter in the room, Jonit came out, threw the knife
Her daughter then ran to the store to inform her grandmother and older sister of what happened [19659005] Jonit then went to the police who were called to the scene
. Idayu at Khoo Teck Puat hospital, where she was stabbed on the face, chest, abdomen and hands. Emergency operations, blood transfusions and other resuscitation efforts have proved futile. She died at 4:26 the next morning.
An autopsy revealed that Idayu had died of a major bleeding as a result of a stab wound
Eight of the 30 wounds of at least were enough to cause the death
Zhuo – who pursued the case with Bhajanvir Singh – called the attack "brutal and persistent".
A report from the Institute of Mental Health showed that Jonit was suffering from an episode of major depressive disorder at the time of the conviction. offense. The report further stated that, although he was not insane, the severity of his symptoms would have considerably altered his mental responsibility for his actions.
The DPP Zhuo noted that his condition "did not have serious consequences on his ability to understand nature. Jonit had also written suicide notes and hid them in her adoptive mother's home, admitting that he wanted his family members to find the notes so that he could take charge of them. get their support. Zhuo argued that it meant that he was "not completely depressed".
"The totality of the evidence demonstrates that the major depressive episode of the accused stemmed from his marital problems and his suspicion that the deceased was dating another man. This explains why the symptoms of the accused's depression dissipated after the murder of the deceased, "said the prosecutor.
In fact, he said that Jonit took steps to find out if Idayu was unfaithful in checking his Facebook account.
The attorney assigned to Jonit, Sadhana Rai, asked for a prison term of five to seven years, arguing that the act had been spontaneous and that self-restraint and restraint of Jonit were limited by his mental disorders
. "He now bears that unbearable burden that he caused the death of the woman he loved the most," added Sadhana.
However, this did not cool judge Chua Lee Ming, who was in agreement with the prosecution that it was necessary to put more emphasis on the deterrence and retribution for sentencing.
For culpable homicide not constituting murder, Jonit could have been imprisoned for up to 20 years and fined. cane. – TODAY & # 39; HUI
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