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A man who poisoned his grandma with mercury and stole her money has been jailed for 30mths.
In passing sentence on Friday, District Judge Siva Shanmugam noted that while Er Choon Sian was in need of medical and psychiatrist's assessment that Er knew his actions were wrong.
Er had moved in with his grandma in 1999. Their initial relationship was good, but Er began to feel persecuted by her and developed irrational thoughts in 2005.
Early last year, the 27-year-old unemployed man bought a mercury thermometer and a bottle of mercury, injected the chemical into Mdm Wang Siok Tiang while she was asleep.
She had to be hospitalised after suffering from a swollen left leg, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and delirium.
Er could have been jailed for up to 10yrs for posioning a person, and up to three and seven yrs jail respectively for stealing and forgery, District Judge Shan-mugam said jail could help Er cope with his disorder.

2007-01-20 14:55:19 · 1 answers · asked by Ghost 2 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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You could talk about their ethnicity as asians and the effect (or lack of effect) you expect it had on the justice of Er's trial. (Also note that the judge is probably a minority ethnicity also, judging by the name.) Hypothesize about why Er poisoned his grandma, what psychiatric problems you think he might have had, whether he was trying to kill her, and why he chose mercury as the weapon. Speculate about Er's unemployment. Make an observation about the journalists choice in what information he/she thought was important. (E.g. the article doesn't say what happened to grandma--was she discharged from the hospital? Did she want to press charges? How much money was stolen from her? Did she get it back?) Make a judgement on whether the sentence was ethical. Should he have gotten more time? Less?

2007-01-20 15:53:40 · answer #1 · answered by mara 3 · 0 1

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