Submitted by farhan on Wed, 07/10/2015 - 10:19am
41-year-old Graffart Philippe
Marcel Guy was charged in court this morning for the murder of his
5-year-old son, Graffart Keryan Gabriel Cedric.
Police found the 5 year-old's
motionless body in his father's home at the D'Leedon condominium in
Farrer Road. at about 6AM on Tuesday. Hand shaped bruises were
found all over the child's neck.
Earlier that morning, police found
Graffart wandering near Bukit Timah Neighborhood Police Center.
When police conducted a check at his home, they came across the
heart breaking discovery.
Investigators believe that
Graffart committed the murder sometime between 8.54pm on Monday and
5.29am on Tuesday,
Graffart is the head of the
Singapore investment management arm of Nordea, one of the largest
financial groups in northern Europe.
He had been involved in a custody
battle for the boy with his former wife. According to the Straits
Times, the father and son shared a loving relationship based on the
posts on his Facebook profile.
A post dated Aug 24 showed
Graffart taking his child to a fire station. He had posted then:
"It is so good to finally see you, my son."
A few days later, he put up a
picture showing him embracing Keryan at the Canadian International
School. The boy, dressed in his school uniform, was pictured
beaming widely.
He wrote: "I am very proud of you
Keryan, you are a big boy now."
The court has sent Graffart for
psychiatric observation at Changi Prison.
- See more at:
http://www.allsingaporestuff.com/article/belgian-ft-who-strangled-son-5-death-had-loving-relationship-him#sthash.b7CbGFma.dpuf