teared up on the stand on Tuesday as he talked about how the victims were his"dearest" and"the most important people" in his life.
He kept his financial situation - with debts of between S$100,000 and S$150,000 to his colleagues, customers and his child's pre-school - a secret from his wife.His finances had taken a downturn from earnings of S$10,000 to S$15,000 a month as a property agent while the market was booming from 2011 to 2013, to S$1,500 a month as a sales coordinator.
He began quarrelling with his wife over finances. She stopped working in 2012 and would ask him for money to help support her parents, said Teo. "She started to scream out loud," said Teo."'What a useless fool you are. Some people can easily feed three children, and you cannot even feed one. You useless fool. look at your father, your father is so useless.'""I hate it. I told her a few times – that I hate you scolding me in front of my daughter. I hate this," said Teo."She started scolding me so loud my mind went blank.
"Because I'm so worried that if I were to die alone, my debtors may come hunting them for the money," said Teo.He also tried to buy rat poison, but was unsuccessful and so bought 120 paracetamol pills instead, along with two cans of beer.He also tried cutting his wrist daily, drinking insecticide, and once tried to jump out of a window in his home.
He also wrote suicide notes, hoping for his family and in-laws to have the money from the flat, Central Provident Fund, cars and other proceeds after their deaths."But last minute, because of the heat, I chickened out," he said.However, he explained to the court that he was not trying to run away, but instead wanted to jump off the building.The court also heard how Teo repeatedly told the police and a psychiatrist that he wanted the death sentence.
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