Maid jailed for abusing 76-year-old bedridden woman by striking her mouth, pulling her hair

SINGAPORE: A maid in control of caring for an aged bedridden woman abused her for about seven months, hitting her within the face with an alarm clock, pulling her hair and slapping her mouth.When caught, she admitted to venting her anger on the sufferer as a result of stress and frustration from her employer - the sufferer's daughter - scolding her.Myanmar nationwide Aye Aye Naing, 39, was sentenced to 30 weeks' jail on Monday (Dec 6).She pleaded responsible to 3 counts of voluntarily inflicting harm to a susceptible particular person, with one other cost considered.The court docket heard that Aye Aye Naing was employed by the sufferer's daughter, a 52-year-old woman, and stayed with her household in a flat in Yishun.The sufferer, a 76-year-old woman, suffers from spinal issues and arthritis and was unable to guard herself from abuse.On Jul 31 final 12 months, Aye Aye Naing walked over to the place the sufferer was mendacity on her mattress and used a cushion to hit her on the face. The sufferer slowly moved her hand to her mouth to guard herself, however Aye Aye Naing pressed down on the sufferer's nostril and jabbed her face repeatedly. She additionally swatted away the sufferer's hand after she tried to guard her face.On Aug 14, 2020, Aye Aye Naing set an alarm clock within the sufferer's room earlier than shaking it over the sufferer's face and utilizing it to strike the sufferer's mouth.Four days later, she wheeled the sufferer into her room and pushed her from a sitting place right into a mendacity one. After adjusting pillows below the sufferer's knees and inserting a handkerchief on her shirt, Aye Aye Naing jabbed the sufferer's mouth earlier than urgent down roughly on her lips.Later that very same morning, she pulled the sufferer's hair and pushed the again of her head whereas bringing her right into a sitting place.She additionally pressed the bottom of a water bottle 3 times on the sufferer's mouth, inflicting her ache.The sufferer advised her daughter that the maid had been hitting her. Her daughter confronted Aye Aye Naing, who mentioned the sufferer had fallen.The sufferer's daughter gave Aye Aye Naing the good thing about the doubt, however put in a closed-circuit tv digital camera that captured the above offences.The sufferer's daughter lodged a police report on Aug 21, 2020. She took the sufferer to the hospital the subsequent day, the place bruises had been famous over her brow, cheek, thigh and higher chest.Aye Aye Naing mentioned she had no points with her employer, who offered her with enough meals and a correct place to sleep. The sufferer additionally handled her very nicely and was good to her, the court docket heard.But the maid grew to become confused and pissed off as a result of the sufferer's daughter scolded her for not doing issues in a correct method. She then took out her anger on the sufferer by treating her roughly and hurting her.She admitted to dealing with the sufferer in a tough trend for about six to seven months, roughly pulling her by her hair to make her sit and slapping her mouth. She additionally pulled her by her neck from her wheelchair to the mattress.During investigations, the sufferer mentioned she was glad to have been assisted by Aye Aye Naing, and glad to have her round.Aye Aye Naing was seen by a psychiatrist who mentioned she had an adjustment dysfunction secondary to her ongoing court docket case.The prosecutor sought eight to 12 months' jail, noting the interval of abuse. The defence mentioned the maid had a very good relationship with the sufferer, who was a grandmotherly determine to her. Aye Aye Naing had a large span of caretaking duties for the sufferer, in addition to different chores in a family with six folks, mentioned the defence lawyer.She could be very sorry in regards to the matter and the offences had been more akin to episodes of outbursts, he added.