Singapore jails married man who beat mistress to death in fit of jealousy

M Krishnan was upset about his girlfriend’s relationships with other men when he punched and kicked her, the court heard.

Mallika Begum Rahamansa Abdul Rahman was aged 40 when she died on January 17, 2019, the day Krishnan was arrested.

Krishnan, 40, pleaded guilty in the High Court last week. His sentence was backdated to the date of his arrest.

He started dating Mallika in 2015, but he was already married to another woman at the time, court documents showed. Mallika had two daughters from two previous marriages.

Sometime in November 2015, Krishnan’s wife caught the two of them drinking alcohol in the master bedroom of their marital home.

Upset, she uttered vulgarities at Krishnan and he then punched her in the face before grabbing a whisky bottle.

Afraid that he would hurl the bottle at her, the wife apologised and later obtained a personal protection order against him.

Krishnan and Mallika continued their relationship up until her death.

During their time together, Krishnan hit Mallika at least once in 2017 “over a trivial matter”, court documents said.

The abuse intensified at the start of 2019 after Mallika admitted to having sex with several men, including when Krishnan was in jail in 2018.

Krishnan kicked and slapped Mallika in the face, punched her in the ribs and kicked her in the thigh on January 15, 2019.

This was after she confessed to cheating while they were drinking alcohol in the flat they shared.

As she pleaded with him not to leave, he grabbed her by the neck and pushed her, causing her to fall and hit her head against a wardrobe.

She got up, stumbled to the kitchen and slumped in front of a cabinet. He told her to get up and when she did not, he pushed her forehead, causing her to hit her head against the cabin.

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