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Man charged with killing daughter over cigarettes
Posted: 20 October 2009 1651 hrs
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man has gone on trial charged with murdering his 23-month-old daughter in a fit of rage after he caught her playing with his cigarettes, court officials said on Tuesday.
Sallehan Allaudin, 26, is accused of fatally beating his daughter Nikie in January ahead of her second birthday, causing her to die of a ruptured vein. If convicted, he could face death by hanging.
The High Court was told on Monday that Sallehan, who had just returned home with his wife with a present for Nikie, went berserk after seeing that the toddler had torn up and scattered his cigarettes, the Straits Times reported on Tuesday.
Sallehan has pleaded not guilty to the charge. His wife, Rozanah Mohamed Yusoff, 24, used a mannequin to show the court how Sallehan allegedly kicked and stomped on their daughter in the kitchen, the newspaper said.
According to the report, the couple, who have two younger daughters, called for an ambulance when Nikie started bleeding from the nose, but she died from her injuries.
"I did not go into the kitchen to stop my husband as I thought that was the way he wanted to discipline Nikie," the wife was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
- AFP/so
Sigh.
That's why wrath is one of the seven deadliest sins. Well, never trust people who claim they are hot-tempered and that it is impossible for them to change. It is clearly a choice whether to control your anger or to allow yourself to be consumed by it. And who knows, the more you allow anger to get to you the less you are able to control the demon in you. Someday, you may end up just like this erm, how should I describe him, IDIOTIC? father that lost control and killed his own daughter in cold blood.
And over ciggies? You know what? Steer clear of crazy people that smoke ciggies. Crazy shit!