Global InformationMurder of Nursabrina Agustiani Abdullah information
Nursabrina Agustiani Abdullah | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nursabrina Agustiani Abdullah 2014 Singapore |
| Died | 2 September 2018 (aged 4) Bukit Batok, Singapore |
| Cause of death | Blunt force trauma to the abdomen |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Other names | Sabrina |
| Known for | Possible murder victim |
| Parent(s) | Syabilla Syamien Riyadi (mother) Muhammad Salihin Ismail (stepfather) |
On 2 September 2018, four-year-old Nursabrina Agustiani Abdullah (2014 – 2 September 2018), also known as Sabrina, died from blunt force trauma to the abdomen after her stepfather physically assaulted her by pushing her and kicking her in the stomach twice, which resulted in extensive intra-abdominal bleeding that caused the girl to die a day after the assault despite her parents' attempt to resuscitate her. Sabrina's stepfather, 25-year-old Muhammad Salihin bin Ismail, was later arrested and charged with murder, a crime that warrants the death penalty in Singapore.[1] Salihin was also charged with having inflicted physical abuse on the girl twice between July 2017 and April 2018.[2]
During his 2021 murder trial, Salihin admitted to the assault but stated that he never intended to kill Sabrina or kick Sabrina to result in her death, recounting that after his (and his wife's) unsuccessful attempts to toilet-train Sabrina in preparation for school, he was so enraged that he kicked at Sabrina twice but never intended for the blows to specifically hit his stepdaughter's stomach and cause severe injury to lead to her death. Despite the prosecution's arguments that Salihin had committed murder by intentionally causing the fatal abdominal injuries on Sabrina during his kicking, the judge found that Salihin never intended to cause his stepdaughter's death through the fatal injuries despite the deliberateness of the assault.[3][4] Therefore, Salihin was convicted of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, and sentenced him to nine years' imprisonment with 12 strokes of the cane.[5]
In April 2024, the Court of Appeal allowed the prosecution's appeal against the murder acquittal, and thereafter found Salihin guilty of the original charge of murder and re-sentenced him to life in prison with 12 strokes of the cane, after they concluded that his deliberate actions of kicking Sabrina consituted as an act of murder, since his intentional actions led to the injuries that caused Sabrina to die, even if he had no intent to cause her death.[6]
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- ^ "狠踢女童致死案 继父改判谋杀罪 监终身打12鞭". Sin Chew Daily (in Chinese). 2 April 2024.