S'PORE MAN JAILED 7 YEARS FOR KILLING TODDLER
BITTEN & THEN BEATEN TO DEATH
HIS mother had hoped that her lover would become his stepfather
and help to raise him after her marriage ended.
Instead, her boyfriend became jealous of the toddler because he
felt she cared more for her son than him.
As they argued frequently, his temper became worse and he grew
more impatient with the boy.
On the day Muhammad Izzul Salihin Muhammad Farzid turned 3 on 14
Jan last year, tragedy struck.
MISSED: In this file picture, Mr Muhammad Farzid shows a
photo of his son as a baby in his wallet. TNP FILE
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The boyfriend bashed him so brutally that the toddler became
brain-dead and died in hospital four days later.
Firdaus Abdullah, 27, was yesterday jailed for seven years and
given 12 strokes of the cane after a nine-day trial. He was
convicted of causing grievous hurt and ill-treating the boy.
The day before the tragedy, the couple had fought over
Izzul.
His mother, Madam Nadiyana Yacoub, shouted at Firdaus to leave
her flat as she wanted to find a better stepfather for her son.
This incensed Firdaus.
The next day at about 7.30am, Madam Nadiyana went to the Syariah
Court for her divorce proceedings, leaving Firdaus to look after
Izzul.
Soon after she left, the boy started crying because he wanted
his mother.
Firdaus tried to pacify him but to no avail. Frustrated by the
incessant crying, Firdaus shouted at Izzul and made him stand in
the bedroom and face the wall.
When the boy ended up crying even louder, Firdaus snapped.
He hit and punched Izzul's face and forehead again and
again.
He also hit the boy's chin with an upward punch.
He then grabbed Izzul's face, lifted him and swung him in the
air before slamming his head against the bedroom's door frame.
He pulled down the boy's diapers, grabbed his penis, then shook,
squeezed, pinched and pulled it violently.
Firdaus then bit his genitals, right thigh and nose.
He finally gave Izzul a hard slap on his back.
By the time he was done, the boy's cries had become softer.
Sensing something amiss, Firdaus went to ask his neighbours for
help to call for an ambulance.
The boy was rushed to KK Women's and Children's Hospital with
multiple injuries.
He underwent emergency surgery and was warded in the intensive
care unit. But he died without waking four days later.
Earlier attack
The court also heard that Firdaus had also hit Izzul two days
before the fatal attack.
He was angry after the boy kept crying and refused to let
Firdaus towel him dry after his shower.
Firdaus clenched his fist and hit the boy on his head,
causing him to fall on his buttocks.
He hit Izzul so hard that his own knuckles became swollen.
Firdaus had moved in with Madam Nadiyana in her rental flat at
Jalan Minyak, off Chin Swee Road, in late 2007 and agreed to be
Izzul's stepfather, the court was told.
But he became jealous because he felt she was closer to her
son.
He complained about how she paid more attention to the boy and
also about how she spent more time with him.
They argued frequently over this and by December 2007, Firdaus
had become bad-tempered, frustrated, stressed and impatient with
the boy.
He was originally charged with murder, but it was later
reduced to one charge of causing grievous hurt and two charges of
ill-treating a child.
For causing grievous hurt, Firdaus could have been jailed seven
years and caned.
For ill-treating a child, he could have been jailed four years
and fined $4,000.
adapted
from http://www.tnp.sg/news/story/0%2c4136%2c202614%2c00.html
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i read this on the internet from a friend who sent me the link.
and i felt it's really unfair. Seven years of jail is too
little.
This is a 3 year old! he can't even speak and sing or run well!!
how is it that this man can cruelly hit him? bad enough he punched
him in the face, and the forehead again and again. but then he
still went on as if it's a 30 year old man wrestling with
him.
what do you think?