Read the full judgment text of HCCC 374/2014 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 May 2015.
1. The defendant, Wong Mei Yi, in the afternoon on 4 October 2013 gave birth to a baby boy. She was 20 years of age, unmarried and alone when she gave birth to her child in the toilet of her parents’ home. She said that the baby was not breathing and was unresponsive when she patted him. She said that she saw no signs of life. He was still and did not move. He did not cry and there was no breath. She was in great pain throughout this time and was bleeding heavily from the childbirth. She s