A FATHER who used a heated iron to hurt his six-year-old son was
jailed for four weeks on Thursday.
The 40-year-old construction manager admitted to causing hurt to
his only child by pressing the iron on his left forearm at his flat
in Hougang on Aug 6 last year.
Another similar charge for hurting him in the left leg the same
day was taken into consideration.
A Community Court heard that the accused saw his son playing
with the heated iron in the bedroom and scolded him. He took the
iron from the boy who then hid underneath a blanket.
The accused then used the heated iron and pressed against the
blanket to hurt the victim, whose medical report stated that he had
multiple small scars on his left forearm.
Pleading for leniency, the man told the court that he knew that
what he did was wrong.
He could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined up to
$5,000.
-- ST