Man admits setting fire to wife's clothes with hairspray and lighter after argument
SINGAPORE: After going home in the wee hours of the morning and finding that his wife was not around, a man called her on the phone and the couple began quarrelling.
Feeling angry afterwards, the man took a can of hairspray and lighter to set his wife's wardrobe and clothes on fire, before making a video call to her.The court heard that Haikal was an operations manager, living in a flat in Tampines with his 47-year-old wife.During the video call with his wife, he also threatened to burn the house down.
Police and SCDF officers found at the scene a badly burnt wardrobe and clothes belonging to Haikal's wife. The estimated cost of the damage to the wardrobe and the clothes was between S$1,000 and S$2,000, the court heard. Haikal will return to court for mitigation and sentencing later this month. If convicted of rashly causing a fire, he could be jailed for up to 18 months, fined, or both.
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