Sgapore News - A woman who was ially sentenced to seven months' jail for abg her domtic worker lost her appeal agast her nvictn but had her jail term cut to four months and six weeks by the High Court on Thursday (Dec 30). Former prison unsellor Gayathri Iyer,... Read more at
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SINGAPORE: A 41-year-old woman who killed her foreign domtic worker after repeatedly abg her over the urse of 14 months has been sentenced to 30 years Febary, Gaiyathiri Mugayan plead guilty to 28 charg, cludg culpable homici, voluntarily g griev * singapore gayathri case *
Gaiyathiri Mugayan, 40, plead guilty on Tuday (Feb 23) to 28 charg cludg culpable homici, voluntarily g grievo hurt by starvatn, voluntarily g hurt by a heated substance and wrongful rtrat. Prosecutors have lled Gaiyathiri Mugayan's actns "evil and utterly humane" is among a seri of high-profile maid abe s the wealthy cy-state recent groups have raised ncerns about how foreign domtic workers, many of whom e om neighbourg untri Asia, have been Tuday, Ms Mugayan, 40, plead guilty a Sgapore urt to 28 charg cludg culpable homici agast Piang Ngaih Don.
Gayathri Iyer slapped the helper so hard that she suffered hearg loss for at least a month. Read more at * singapore gayathri case *
'Throwg her like a ragdoll' The urt heard that Ms Piang started workg for Ms Mugayan 2015, her first job Mugayan began abg her om October 2015 after claimg Ms Piang was "slow, unhygienic and ate too much", acrdg to lol media reports cg urt footage om meras stalled the hoe showed the abe she suffered the last month of her life, often beg asslted several tim a day.
Ms Mugayan also reportedly burned her wh a heated cloth iron and was acced of "throwg her around like a ragdoll" urt heard that Ms Piang's meals often nsisted of sliced bread soaked water, ld food om the idge, or some rice. The 24-year-old helper died July 2016 after she was repeatedly asslted over several hours by Ms Mugayan and her mother.
Prosecutors lled for life imprisonment for Ms Mugayan, while fence lawyers have asked for a rced sentence argug that she was sufferg om prsn at the time and had been diagnosed wh obssive pulsive personaly hband, police officer Kelv Chelvam, and her mother also face multiple charg.
SINGAPORE, Feb 24 — Kev Chelvam, the hband of Gaiyathiri Mugayan, who plead guilty yterday to vlently abg the uple’s 24-year-old domtic worker om... * singapore gayathri case *
In one stance, the doctor saw bis but Ms Mugayan had claimed that the victim fell down equently.