The High Court said the sentence of 10 years, four weeks and 12 strokes of the cane imposed by the lower court was "lenient" and he should have received 15 years' jail instead.
The High Court said the sentence of 10 years, four weeks and 12 strokes of the cane imposed by the lower court was"lenient" and he should have received 15 years' jail instead.New: You can now listen to articles.of both his two-month-old daughter and two-year-old son by shaking or shoving them has lost his appeal for a lower sentence.
The Singaporean father of six, who is now 35, had been sentenced in August 2023 after pleading guilty to two counts of voluntarily causing grievous hurt against a person aged below 14 and one charge of lying to the police, with other charges taken into consideration. But the man reoffended, exhibiting violence towards his two-year-old son in 2021 by shoving his head multiple times so that he fell down repeatedly, vomited and had seizures.The man, who cannot be named to protect the identities of the victims, launched a self-represented appeal asking for a more lenient sentence.
The three judges who reviewed the case - Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, Justice Tay Yong Kwang and Justice Vincent Hoong - laid out a new sentencing framework for such offences. He said the final sentence imposed by the lower court was"therefore lenient rather than manifestly excessive".