Singapore jails man for sending topless photo of wife to her brother
- Messages accompanying the photo stated the victim was a ‘pig’s child’, ‘a prostitute’, and came from a ‘characterless family’, the prosecution said
- Under Singapore law, the offence of distributing voyeuristic images or recordings carries a prison term of up to five years
The 46-year-old Singaporean, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, had previously physically abused his wife, a court heard.
The court heard that the husband had gone drinking with his friends on the evening of June 1 last year.
Soon after reaching home and reeking of alcohol, he got into an argument with his wife, then aged 41, and hit her. She called the police at around 2.45am and two officers arrived at their home.
“Just as the police officers were leaving at about 3.30am, the accused closed the door to the unit and slapped the victim on her right arm, causing her to scream,” Deputy Public Prosecutor Timotheus Koh said. Hearing the slap and scream, the officers arrested the husband.
The incident happened while the wife was under a personal protection order issued against the accused by a court on March 10 last year. Court documents did not mention what led to the protection order being filed.
