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sallehan prolly has seen this happening really often, so much the cleaner doesnt even get disgusted when looking at the pictures anymore

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Accused denies stamping and kicking baby

In the continuing murder trial of Sallehan Allaudin, the accused denied stamping on or kicking his daughter.

Taking the stand for the first time, Sallehan however admitted that he had slapped and punched his two-year-old daughter.

Speaking through an interpretor at the High Court today, the 27-year-old said he had hit Natalie Nikie Alisyia on the arm - in a fit of anger - to "discipline" her for ruining his cigarettes on 6th January.

But Sallehan accused his wife, Madam Rozanah Mohamed Yusoff, of hitting their daughter with a broom.

The former cleaner demonstrated on a mannequin how he had allegedly seen his wife attack the child because she was "upset".

Madam Rozanah denied earlier during the trial this ever happened, when the defence lawyer had questioned her.

She had claimed that she was the one who stopped Sallehan from kicking and stepping on Nikie.

The couple's accounts continued to differ, as the accused testified that they had gone into the bedroom after the attack.

They panicked when Nikie collapsed in the kitchen moments later.

She was breathless and bleeding from the nose.

Sallehan claimed that Madam Rozanah told him to not get her "involved", as they had two other children to care for.

An emotional Sallehan said that he had told his wife that he would bear the consequences since he loved her and the children.

Nikie was rushed to the National University Hospital but doctors could not save her.

Sallehan said he fell to the floor when he heard that Nikie had died because he had no intention to kill his daughter.

The accused faces the death penalty if found guilty.

The trial continues.

--938Live

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Dad's motives under scrutiny

SINGAPORE: A day after he implicated his wife for the murder of their two-year-old daughter, Sallehan Alauddin's motives came under scrutiny.

His claims on Wednesday, his first day on the stand in his ongoing murder trial, contrasted with the night of his arrest, when he omitted any involvement of his wife in his police statement.

This, even though they had fought a few days before their daughter's death on Jan 6. At the time, Sallehan suspected his wife was having an affair.

A disbelieving Deputy Public Prosecutor Winston Cheng asked: "If it's true that you've been having marital problems, then why cover up for her (until now)?"

The accused retorted: "Why is this incredible to believe? I was thinking of the children."

The couple have two other children, aged one year and two months respectively.

More details emerged on Thursday about the couple's relationship. Madam Rozanah Mohamed Yusoff, 24, did not love him as much as before, Sallehan claimed.

Since he was remanded, she had also not been visiting him much in prison. Her last visit was on Aug 12, but several months earlier, Mdm Rozanah, who is unemployed, told him she could not visit him anymore because her boyfriend did not approve.

But this was no motivation for his change of heart in his testimony, Sallehan told the court through an interpreter. He said he decided to come clean only on the advice of his lawyer N Kanagavijayan on Oct 8, before the trial started.

"It's with a heavy heart that I implicate my wife ... my lawyer said it's better I tell the truth because I was facing the death penalty," he said.

The accused said he did not initially mention his wife's assault on Natalie Nikie Alisyia with a broomstick because they had made "a deal" that he would shoulder the blame.

He said: "If we both went to jail, there would be no one else to take care of the children."

Sallehan, who is admitting to have only slapped and punched Nikie, is accused of causing her death by stamping on and kicking her.

The trial continues.

- TODAY

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that is what i call an imperfect animal on this planet

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