Maid charged with hurting employer with knife

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Maid charged with hurting employer with knife
By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 10 August 2011 1352 hrs

SINGAPORE: A 28-year-old Indonesian maid was charged on Wednesday with using a kitchen knife to injure her employer in the stomach.

Nurul Hidayah allegedly used the knife on 44-year-old Kartinah Abu Bakar in a flat at Block 562, Choa Chu Kang Street 52 on Monday morning.

The maid will be remanded at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) and will be back in court on August 24.

If convicted of hurting her employer, Nurul Hidayah can be jailed for up to five years and fined.

- CNA /ls

 

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Maid jailed for hurting employer with knife

Published on Dec 16, 2011

By Elena Chong

An Indonesian maid was sentenced to six months' jail on Friday for causing hurt to her employer with a knife.

Nurul Hidayah, 28, admitted to an amended charge of hurting Madam Kartinah Abu Bakar with a knife in a flat at Choa Chu Kang Street 52 on Aug 8. The 44-year-old housewife and mother of four suffered superficial abrasions to her abdomen and fingers.

A district court heard that Nurul Hidayah had been working at the household for about two weeks at the time. That morning, she was wiping a table when she took one of the knives and wrapped it in a towel before proceeding to the master bedroom to clean the mattress as instructed.

She placed the knife in the master bedroom's toilet near the sink. She started to clean the bed, but was scolded by the victim for not doing a good job. She then took the knife, approached the victim from behind, cupped her mouth and tried to stab her twice on her stomach.

Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.