Woman who scalded maid, pressed hot iron on her to testify about 'auditory hallucinations'

SINGAPORE: The Chief Justice on Monday gave a woman convicted of abusing a maid the choice to testify regarding auditory hallucinations she supposedly had at the time of the abuse, which she said told her to commit the offences.for physically abusing Indonesian maid Siti Khodijah, 27, over more than a year.Anita had slapped her maid, pinched her with a pair of pliers, splashed hot water on her back and leg, and pressed a hot iron on her wrists.

Both Anita and the prosecution appealed against the sentence on Monday, with Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon setting aside the lower court judge's findings that Anita had suffered from auditory hallucinations.Anita had said in mitigation during the state court hearings that she suffered from major depressive disorder with psychotic features and had heard voices that asked her to commit the offences.

CJ Menon said it had not been made clear to Anita that her failure to testify about her hallucinations would render the psychiatrists' findings on her condition"practically worthless".

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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