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Suspecting her boyfriend was cheating on her, a woman poured boiling water into his groin while he slept, to teach him a lesson.
Yesterday, Zareena Begum PAM Basheer Ahamed, 50, was convicted of willfully causing serious harm to the victim using a heated substance.
The victim suffered second and third degree burns to more than 12 percent of her body and was hospitalized for nearly a month.
Zareena and the victim, a married man, began their relationship in 2006 and had been together for about 11 years.
Their relationship was tumultuous, marred by various breakups and reconciliations.
In 2015, Zareena suspected that she was dating someone else.
On January 12, 2017, Zareena saw him with the woman at the HarbourFront Center ferry terminal and their relationship deteriorated.
On July 4, 2017, Zareena invited the victim to her apartment, where she prepared dinner for him. They did not argue and watched television before the victim fell asleep on the couch.
Then Zareena pulled her cell phone out of her bag and looked at the text messages the woman had sent her.
FURIOUS
In her written submissions, Deputy Prosecutor Ng Jun Chong said that Zareena was furious and wanted to teach her a lesson for repeatedly letting her down.
He said, “She wanted to teach him a lesson that he would never forget.”
Zareena went to the kitchen to boil water before pouring a cup onto the victim’s groin area as he slept soundly on the couch around 1.30 a.m.
He woke up with excruciating pain in his groin and lap, and immediately jumped up to clean up the excess water.
After removing her clothes and covering herself with a towel, the victim confronted Zareena, who responded with “I serve you well.”
She grabbed her bag and ran to the side of the road to get a taxi to the hospital.
When the victim contacted her about a month and a half after the incident, Zareena taunted him.
Zareena, who claimed judgment, said it was an accident.
She said they had argued after she saw the messages on her phone, and she went to the kitchen to boil water to drink.
He claimed that the victim had pulled his left arm, causing his cup of hot water to spill onto his groin.
The victim, who has permanent scars, said the wounds were so painful that they “made him want to die.”
Although he was granted a 39-day medical leave, he was unable to work for six months after the incident.
Zareena will return to court next month for mitigation and sentencing.
For willfully causing serious harm with a heated substance, you can be imprisoned for life or imprisoned for up to 15 years and fined.
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