Court jails maid for cutting penis

Court jails maid for cutting penis

SINGAPORE: An Indonesian maid who used a kitchen knife to inflict
a two-centimeter cut on the penis of a two-year-old toddler has
been jailed for 18 months, the Straits Times reported on
Thursday.

District judge Kow Keng Siong said Suharti Sumito had abused
the trust of the toddler's parents by causing injury on a
"defenseless boy" as he handed down his verdict in court on
Wednesday.

She committed the act when the boy urinated on her slacks, the
court was told.

The boy, whose identity cannot be revealed under law, could
suffer a permanent scar and further "psychological and
physiological" effects when he grows up, the judge said. -- AFP