SINGAPORE: A foreign domestic worker was jailed for four weeks on Wednesday for throwing a dog over a balcony and causing injuries that made it necessary for the animal to be put down.
The dog was in the room and Giyanti felt"annoyed" because the birds were noisy and Dou Dou was barking continuously at her, court documents said. Giyanti's employer later reported the case to the National Parks Board , suspecting that the accused had thrown his dog out from the third floor. The father of Giyanti's employer, who usually helped with caring for the children and pets, had returned to Hong Kong, and she had to manage more work alone.Earlier this year, Giyanti began suffering back pains and told her employer about this. Defence lawyer Louis Lim said that the employer did not take Giyanti to a doctor, citing the COVID-19"circuit breaker".
He said that"there was just too much work compared to her previous employment", and that she had told her employer that she was feeling unwell and was not able to sleep. He said Giyanti has written a letter of apology to her employer, and that this was a one-off incident and not prolonged torture.The prosecutor said imposing a fine"cannot be possible", as this was"something that a reasonable person even under stress should not have done".District Judge Adam Nakhoda stressed that it is not correct to say or suggest that Giyanti's employers were unfair to her or had not treated her well as there is no evidence to show this.
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