The target, Rachel Lim En Hui, because of the injuries presumably inflicted by her ex-boyfriend. (picture: court papers)
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SINGAPORE: a health care provider on test for savagely assaulting their gf that he could not remember what happened after she refused sex took the stand in his own defence on Tuesday (Nov 5) and claimed.
Clarence Teo Shun Jie, a 35-year-old locum or stand-in medical practitioner, told the court which he had serious alcoholism at that time and has now experienced black-outs after consuming.
Clarence Teo Shun Jie at the State Courts on Nov 5, 2019. (Picture: TODAY/Raj Nadarajan)
He presumably locked Rachel that is 27-year-old Lim Hui in a space at their Redhill flat on Aug 27, 2017.
He could be accused of punching her repeatedly, striking her mind contrary to the wall and making her with multiple fractures that are facial other accidents.
Their father called the authorities at around 4am, and officers during the scene heard screams and shouts originating from inside Teo’s locked room.
Once they broke down the door to achieve entry, an officer saw the target weeping in a large part of this space having a distended, bloodied face, while Teo ended up being aware and lying regarding the sleep.
He had been taken up to medical center in handcuffs whilst the target invested 21 times in medical center.
Teo, whom faces a fee of voluntarily causing grievous hurt and another of wrongful confinement, told the court which he endured serious alcoholism, although the target purportedly has disorder that is bipolar.
Teo told the court which he choose to go away using the victim that time for karaoke and beverages.
He recalls insisting attempting to drive despite having drunk liquor, and recalls sex after.
« NEXT MEMORY I HAVE ACTUALLY IS OF GETTING OUT OF BED IN THE CELL »
« the memory that is next obviously have is of getting up with in the cellular, » stated Teo. « We have a memory of individuals arresting me personally. Handcuffing me personally. The next thing I’m sure, I happened to be within the cellular. «
He stated he woke up in a cellular at Police Cantonment specialized together with their bloodstream samples and fingerprints taken.
He recalls telling a police in a declaration which he actually could not keep in mind such a thing.
The court was told by him he had met Ms Lim on dating app Coffee suits Bagel at the beginning of 2017.
They then started dating, and then he stated these were « extremely happy » together once they had been both « more stable ».
« we believe my relationship with Rachel had been characterised by our disorders that are mental » stated Teo. « Both of us admitted to one another very in the beginning in the relationship that people had been kind of mentally sick along with been going right on through these problems also prior to conference one another. «
He stated that Ms Lim told him she have been enduring manic depression. In exchange, she was told by him about their alcoholism dilemmas, which he claims he has got lost jobs and relationships over.
He stated as he was heavily intoxicated one night when he was meant to stand in for a doctor that he lost a job at Gleneagles due to his drinking issues.
They might argue over « ridiculous », « nonsensical things », with « small things » blowing up, he stated.
He included which he purportedly has borderline character condition and it has issues managing their rage, but he would not get an official diagnosis because it might have jeopardised his career.
He began seeing a psychiatrist last year or 2012 while he had been « blacking down a whole lot » after ingesting and « did actually crazy things ».
He advertised which he « relapsed in a really big method » whenever Ms Lim supposedly attempted committing suicide around her birthday celebration in mid-2017, a couple of months ahead of the event.
He stated he had been visiting her day-to-day when you look at the ward and relapsed into consuming at night.
Teo reported which he hasn’t drunk liquor since October 2017, as he began opting for regular Alcoholics Anonymous sessions.
« PUNCHED FOR NO REASON »
Contrary to their testimony, Deputy Public Prosecutors April Phang and Amanda Sum alleged that Teo had grown « enraged and turned aggressive » as soon as the target indicated reluctance to own intercourse with him.
« When she attempted to leave the space to flee he pursued her, forced her back into the room, and locked the door, » they said from him. « this is followed closely by an assault that is violent the accused punched the target’s face over and over over repeatedly with great force, and strike the target’s mind resistant to the wall surface. «
Ms Lim told the court that Teo had assaulted her after she declined to own intercourse with him that day.
Teo’s defence attorney Tan Hee Joek place it to her she said this in court that she had been « untruthful » when.
« That is my truth, » responded Ms Lim.
The attorney included that she had told two each person about the event but hadn’t mentioned to either person who the attack happened as a result of her refusal for intercourse.
Rather, she stated she had « no concept » why he assaulted her, stated the defence attorney.
« a female maybe maybe not planning to have sexual intercourse with a guy and getting punched – she actually is getting punched for no reason at all! » responded Ms Lim.
The test continues on Wednesday with Teo regarding the stand.
If discovered accountable of voluntarily causing hurt that is grievous he might be jailed for as much as 10 years and fined or caned.
He might be jailed for as much as a fined a maximum s$3,000, or both if convicted of wrongfully confining his ex-girlfriend year.