31-year-old man gets life in prison for murder of his four-year-old stepdaughter after kicking her in anger


The Court of Appeal overturned his conviction on a lesser charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt. - PHOTO: ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A 31-year-old man who kicked his stepdaughter in anger, killing the four-year-old, was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder on April 2, after the Court of Appeal overturned his conviction on a lesser charge.

Muhammad Salihin Ismail was also sentenced by the apex court to 12 strokes of the cane.

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