53-year-old Kshivadarrshini Karunanethi pleaded guilty on 27 January to one count of voluntarily causing hurt, she had used a hammer and hit her father on the head repeatedly for drinking beer, according to The Straits Times.
A mandatory treatment order suitability report has been called by the court following the submission of psychiatric reports.
What happened?
Kshivadarrshini lived with her parents and younger sister and on 6 January 2020 at about 6.30am, she went into the living room and saw her father sleeping on the sofa and noticed a few cans of beer in the living room after he had been drinking the night before.
Her mother was out for work and her sister was sleeping in her room at the time.
The court heard that Kshivadarrshini had previously told her father not to drink alcohol at home because he might pee on himself after he got drunk and she or her mother would have to clean up after him.
Feeling angry at her father for drinking despite telling him not to, she went into the kitchen and retrieved a 34cm long hammer from a drawer.
She then swung the weapon, which weighed about 700g, at her father and hit his head about 3 to 4 times, waking him up with his head then bleeding from the trauma.
When she noticed the extent of his injuries, she then called the police and told them that she had smashed her father’s head with a hammer, but he was conscious despite the blood loss.
Kshivadarrshini was then arrested and her father was then taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hosital, which he was found with a 4cm cut and a fracture in his skull.
He was subsequently admitted into hospital for observation before being discharged on 9 January 2020, and given painkillers and antibiotics.
Kshivadarrshini is set to return to court on 5 April for her sentencing.