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Married woman stabbed 'boyfriend' after confronting him for speaking to other women
Wan Ting KohWed, 16 March 2022, 12:19 PMA woman's hand holding a knife. (PHOTO: Getty Images)
SINGAPORE — A married woman who wanted to confront a man she regarded as a boyfriend for talking to other women ended up stabbing him in the chest.
Sui Shiyinghui, 37, had consumed seven cans of beer before crashing the man’s birthday party, where she stabbed him.
The Singapore permanent resident and Chinese national was jailed for eight months on Wednesday (16 March) after she pleaded guilty to one count of voluntarily causing hurt with a weapon.
The pair had been close friends for four years, and Sui had regarded the man as her "boyfriend", even though she was married. On the other hand, the man did not consider himself to be in a relationship with Sui, whom he had met once a week.
Confronted man at his condominium
On 23 August last year, the man had invited a group of friends to his condominium to celebrate his birthday.Sui came over unannounced at about 8.30pm, as she wanted to confront the man for talking to other women. She went into the bedroom with the man and argued with him, before one of the man’s friends came in to separate the two.
While in the living room, Sui shouted obscenities at the victim and told the man she wanted him to die. In response, the man said that Sui could stab him if she was angry.
Upon hearing this, Sui went into the kitchen to grab a knife with a nine-centimetre-long blade. Another man tried to stop her, but Sui freed herself and rushed towards the victim, stabbing him once in the upper left chest.
She let go of the knife and the victim removed it himself. One of the man’s friends called the police about the incident, saying, “I think this woman is crazy."
The victim was conveyed to hospital where he was found with a 1.5cm laceration at his left chest region. The wound was bleeding mildly.
According to court documents, there was no aggravation of any existing condition and there was no anticipated loss of function of any body part or fractures.
Found without a mental disorder
Sui was assessed psychiatrically and found without a mental disorder. She was likely to have been voluntarily intoxicated then, but was still cognisant of the nature and wrongfulness of her actions.She has since paid $1,000 in compensation for the victim’s medical bills.
Sui’s lawyer Suppiah Thangaveloo pointed out that his client was a first-time offender and was remorseful. She had committed the offence on the spur of the moment and did not visit the victim’s house armed, the lawyer said.
For voluntarily causing hurt with a weapon, Sui could have been jailed up to seven years, or fined, or with caned, or with any combination of the penalties.
