31-year-old Mustaqim Rosli, is being accused of suffocating a three-month-old baby to her death with a pillow, and charged with causing the death of a person below the age of 14.
The incident allegedly took place last year on 3 December 2022 at Block 447A Bukit Batok West Avenue 9, according to the charge sheets.
Rosli is being accused of placing a pillow on top of the face of Nur Misha Syaifa Binte Mustaqim (the baby) and smothering her to death by placing his hand on top of the pillow, resulting in the baby suffocating and dying.
Both Rosli and the baby were reportedly from the same household, and he was said to have had frequent contact with the deceased, although court documents didn’t mention how they were related.
Rosli is currently out on a bail of $15,000 and is scheduled to return to court on 1 June, where he faces a jail term of up to 20 years, a fine and caning if he is found guilty.
Other similar cases
Earlier this year, a 2-month-old baby died after being ill-treated and forcefully dropped by a couple at a Sembawang flat – the baby died with a fractured skull.
A 2-month-old baby, Zabelle Peh Yu Xuan, was forcefully dropped into a baby cot by 29-year-old Sim Liang Xiu on 8 January and died from a fractured skull.
Her husband, 31-year-old Peh Wei Jian had allegedly slapped the baby in a flat at Block 363 Sembawang Crescent on 5 January at about 1.30am.
The gag order preventing his identity from being revealed was lifted on Monday, and he is facing a new charge, although it was not disclosed in court; and he is intending to engage a lawyer.
Peh married Sim in 2018, and his wife is being accused of murdering the baby on 8 January.
29-year-old Sim Liang Xiu, was originally charged with causing grievous hurt to a baby by forcefully dropping the infant into a cot.
Sim’s charge has since been upgraded to murder and is now accused of causing the death of the baby, Zabelle Peh Yu Xuan.
A court order that forbids her identification was lifted, although the woman’s relation to the baby was not revealed in court documents.
She was originally charged with forcefully dropping the 2-month-old baby into a cot on 8 January knowing that her action would cause grievous hurt to the baby.
The baby suffered a fracture to her skull as a result of Sim’s alleged actions.