Woman accused of causing son’s death back in court
Noraidah Mohd Yussof, who faces one charge of causing her son’s death through grievous hurt, was back in the High Court on Monday. (Yahoo photo: Safhras Khan)
The woman accused of causing the death of her four-year-old son was back in court on Monday (25 July). Noraidah Mohd Yussof, 34, who is facing one charge of grievous hurt, looked distressed as she took the stand.
Noraidah is said to have committed the offence at her flat at Eunos Crescent on 1 August 2014. She had already pleaded guilty to the charge and was back before Justice Lee Seiu Kin at the High Court.
The bespectacled woman allegedly choked and stomped on her son Mohammad Airyl Amirul Haziq Mohamed Ariff after she got frustrated with his inability to recite the numbers 11 to 18 in Malay.
Noraidah, who is represented by her lawyer Sunil Sudheesen, was sobbing as prison officers led her to the stand. She was heard saying that she was stressed and had to be coaxed by her lawyer to remain calm.
Both the prosecution and defence were back in court to determine the exact date that Noraidah had moved out of her parents’ house in Pasir Ris to a rented flat in Eunos.
When asked by her lawyer, Noraidah said that she was staying with her parents after she gave birth to her son in October 2009. She then took her son and another daughter to stay at the rented flat in July 2014.
It was during her stay at the rented flat that Noraidah said that she found it difficult to look after Airyl as he was disobedient.
When asked by Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) April Phang for the reason for committing the offence, Noraidah said, “He did not speak to me. He always saw me and he would cry. But he was able to talk to his grandmother but he didn’t want to talk to me.”
She agreed that the two of them do not have a bond but insisted that she loved her son very much.“I feel upset to have caused his death. I didn’t understand him and he didn’t understand me,” she added.
The date of her moving out has yet to be established at Monday’s hearing, which will continue on Tuesday with three psychiatrists expected to take the stand.
