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SINGAPORE – A man continued hitting his girlfriend’s son after checking that there were no injuries on the boy’s face – only to have his actions captured on close-circuit television (CCTV).
The 32-year-old Singaporean had checked the boy’s face because he knew his girlfriend would be angry if she discovered that he had hit her then six-year-old son in their home in August 2018.
Satisfied that there were no visible injuries on the boy, he continued to scold and hit him.
However, his actions were captured on the CCTV camera she had installed in the room.
The man pleaded guilty on Thursday (Feb 6) to one count of ill-treating a child, and was sentenced to two years’ jail.
Both the man and the boy cannot be identified due to a gag order.
Court documents stated that the man and the boy’s 28-year-old mother were in a romantic relationship and living together at the time of the incident.
At that time, she was going through divorce proceedings, and her children from the marriage – the boy and his then eight-year-old brother – were under her care.
She had also entrusted the care of the boys to her boyfriend.
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