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Sleep-deprived maid feeds employer urine
By Teo Xuanwei, TODAY | Posted: 06 January 2010 0014 hrs
SINGAPORE - In her first week with her new employers, Indonesian maid Sri Aryati, 26, was upset she did not get enough sleep. She took her frustration out on them by pouring a cupful of her urine into their drinking water.
For her act of mischief, she was sentenced on Tuesday to four weeks in jail.
The petite, short-haired woman, who was a picture of calm in court on Tuesday, had pleaded guilty last month.
She told the court she slept in the living room and could only go to bed at about 3am almost every day because she had to wait for her employer's father to return home.
After a week, she could not take it any more. On the night of December 15 last year, she took a ceramic cup with her into the toilet. After filling it with her urine, she poured it into a kettle and water jug.
The court heard that her employer's father-in-law and two-year-old son subsequently drank from the jug but did not fall ill.
Sri Aryati was found out when her employer thought that the water had a weird smell. She confessed after being grilled about it.
Pleading for leniency, Sri Aryati said she was remorseful for committing the offence. She added that she was the sole breadwinner and has two children back home.
District Judge Shaifuddin Saruwan acceded to her request to backdate her sentence to Dec 22, the day she was remanded. She could have been jailed for up to one year and/or fined. - TODAY
By Teo Xuanwei, TODAY | Posted: 06 January 2010 0014 hrs
SINGAPORE - In her first week with her new employers, Indonesian maid Sri Aryati, 26, was upset she did not get enough sleep. She took her frustration out on them by pouring a cupful of her urine into their drinking water.
For her act of mischief, she was sentenced on Tuesday to four weeks in jail.
The petite, short-haired woman, who was a picture of calm in court on Tuesday, had pleaded guilty last month.
She told the court she slept in the living room and could only go to bed at about 3am almost every day because she had to wait for her employer's father to return home.
After a week, she could not take it any more. On the night of December 15 last year, she took a ceramic cup with her into the toilet. After filling it with her urine, she poured it into a kettle and water jug.
The court heard that her employer's father-in-law and two-year-old son subsequently drank from the jug but did not fall ill.
Sri Aryati was found out when her employer thought that the water had a weird smell. She confessed after being grilled about it.
Pleading for leniency, Sri Aryati said she was remorseful for committing the offence. She added that she was the sole breadwinner and has two children back home.
District Judge Shaifuddin Saruwan acceded to her request to backdate her sentence to Dec 22, the day she was remanded. She could have been jailed for up to one year and/or fined. - TODAY
