Man gets life term, caning for killing girlfriend's nine-month-old son


Baby Izz Fayyaz Zayani Ahmad suffered fatal head injuries after his head was pushed against the floorboard of a van in November 2019. - FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A 29-year-old man who murdered his girlfriend's nine-month-old son by pushing the baby's head against the floorboard of his van was sentenced to life imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane on Thursday (Aug 11).

Mohamed Aliff Mohamed Yusoff was convicted of murder last month after the High Court rejected his claim that the baby, Izz Fayyaz Zayani Ahmad, had hit his head after accidentally falling from the accused's arm.

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