Computer games blamed for attack

Computer games blamed for attack

SINGAPORE (AFP): An "under-socialized" Singapore teenager obsessed with violent computer games has been placed on probation for a series of attacks on his family's maid, it was reported on Wednesday.

The boy, who hit the 26-year-old Indonesian maid with a chair and a belt and also bit her breast, blamed his behavior on the violent computer games, the Straits Times said.

Each time he assaulted the maid, the teenager would return to play the games.

The teenager, who as a juvenile cannot be named, was sentenced to 36 months probation and ordered to do 240 hours of social service work.

His 43-year-old mother signed a S$10,000 (US$5,780) bond and will contribute S$200 a month for her son's stay in a hostel for a year as part of the punishment, the report said.