Domestic helper charged in court with socialite's murder
[UPDATE 20 March 2014, 2:30pm: Updating with details of maid being charged in court]
A 23-year-old Indonesian domestic worker has been charged in court with the murder of socialite Nancy Gan Wan Geok.
Dewi Sukowati was, on Thursday morning, charged with allegedly causing the death of her 69-year-old employer at her Victoria Park Road bungalow between 7:30am and 8:46am on Wednesday.
The body of the socialite-philanthropist was found floating in a swimming pool in her bungalow off Coronation Road on Wednesday morning. This is the second case of alleged murder involving a foreign domestic helper this month.
Police said in a statement issued Wednesday afternoon that they received a call for assistance at about 8:46am. Paramedics then pronounced the woman dead at the scene at 9:07am.
A 23-year-old Indonesian domestic worker, believed to be the woman’s helper, was arrested by police in connection with her death.
Police have classified the case as murder and are investigating.
On 4 March, 24-year-old Than Than Win was charged with killing an 85-year-old woman at Springdale Condominium, off Upper Bukit Timah Road.
Earlier in January, a 26-year-old Indonesian helper was charged with the murder of a 77-year-old wheelchair-bound woman, whose body was found in her flat in Serangoon.
