Thai woman jailed 5½ years for stomping Singaporean boyfriend to death


Sukanya Praphuttha,who assaulted her live-in boyfriend and stomped him to death after a quarrel, was sentenced to 5

SINGAPORE: A 43-year-old woman who assaulted her live-in boyfriend and stomped him to death after a quarrel was on Thursday sentenced to five and a half years' jail for culpable homicide.

Sukanya Praphuttha, a Thai national who is a permanent resident here, pleaded guilty to killing 55-year-old handyman Lee Yang Boo by using her right foot to stomp the left side of his head at their North Bridge Road flat.

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