Maid who spiked coffee with menstrual blood
jailed
SINGAPORE: The Indonesian maid who served her former
employer coffee spiked with menstrual blood has been sentenced to a
month's jail.
24-year-old Jumiah, who goes by one name, admitted
to spiking her then-employer's coffee with her discharge on August
31, 2011 at about 6.30am.
Court documents showed that Jumiah said the victim's
mother was "very demanding" and she was made to re-do her work if
it fell below expectations.
Jumiah, who had worked in the household since July last year,
requested for a change of employer but was rejected.
So the maid resorted to mixing her menstrual discharge with her
employer's coffee as she remembered being told by a friend that the
mixture would make a person nicer.
She stored her discharge in a plastic bottle for 5 days before
serving it to the victim.
The bottle was discovered by the victim's mother on the day of the
incident.
Jumiah was confronted thrice before admitting to have done
so.
In submissions, assistant public prosecutor Lim Yu Hui asked for a
deterrent sentence as the act was pre-meditated.
APP Lim added that Jumiah abused her position of trust and lied to
cover up her deed when confronted.
She said that there was no ill conduct on the part of the employer
and his family and that the act has caused much anguish to
them.
In mitigation, Jumiah told the court through a translator that
she's "very remorseful" and has" apologised over the foolish
act".
She pleaded for leniency so she can go back home for Hari
Raya.
In sentencing, district judge said fortunately no serious harm was
done, but he agreed that a deterrent message must be sent to
domestic helpers and ordered Jumiah to be jailed for a month.
- CNA/wm
