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SINGAPORE – A maid assaulted an elderly woman suffering from dementia under her care, less than a month after working for a household in Choa Chu Kang, a district court heard on Thursday (Jan 9).
Eis Atikah repeatedly rapped 76-year-old Madam Fatimah Kassim’s head with her fist and pinched her arms in their shared bedroom.
Eis, 38, committed the offence as she felt frustrated that the elderly woman refused to sleep when she was supposed to.
The Indonesian pleaded guilty on Thursday (Jan 9) to an assault charge involving a vulnerable adult and was sentenced to five months’ jail.
Madam Fatimah’s grandson, IT analyst Mohammad Farhan Mohammad Sam, 32, employed Eis, who started working for his family on May 12 last year.
The maid started abusing the elderly woman soon after.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Amanda Han told District Judge John Ng: “There were several occasions where the victim did not wish to sleep even though she was supposed to do so, and the lights in the bedroom were already switched off.
“As the accused was already tired by that time, she pinched the victim on both arms several times in frustration.
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