SINGAPORE — Almost three years after being charged with joining her sister in assaulting their cousin, who allegedly suffered a broken nose from the incident, Ms Sautha Letchumi Supramaniam was acquitted in a district court.
District Judge Clement Julien Tan, who earlier this month cleared the 41-year-old housewife of voluntarily causing grievous hurt with common intention, found that her cousin had lied in police statements and during the trial.
In a 48-page written judgement, of which TODAY has obtained a copy, the judge also “expressed regret” at the “lack of objectivity” in the way investigations had been conducted and, to an extent, in the prosecution of the case.
Ms Sautha was charged in August 2018 with slapping, kicking and using a bag to hit Ms Dione Kathie James at about 2.30am on Oct 26 in 2016, around the void deck of Block 96 Geylang Bahru.
She denied assaulting Ms Dione during a trial that spanned 35 days and was acquitted on June 8. The offence carries a maximum of 10 years’ jail and a fine…