Man: I slapped wife to teach her lesson for being rude
BUKIT MERTAJAM: A veterinary officer told a magistrate’s court here that he slapped his wife several times inside a hospital lift because she was rude to him.
Mohammad Affandi Ismail, 39, from Jerantut, Pahang, said he was angry and wanted to teach her a lesson for disrespecting him as her husband.
Questioned by DPP Datuk Razali Che Ani, he replied that he had acted spontaneously when he slapped her multiple times on the head and kicked her twice.
“It was spontaneous. I was angry that she had turned her back to me.
“I slapped the back of her head and kicked her.
“I was aiming for her mouth because we had argued over family matters before that,” he said and agreed with Razali that he beat up his wife on his own will and nobody had forced him to do so.
Magistrate Mohd Fitri Sadardin adjourned the trial to March 10 for continued hearing.
Mohammad Affandi was ordered by a magistrate’s court to enter his defence on a charge of voluntarily causing harm.
He is accused of committing the offence at the KPJ Hospital in Bandar Perda at about 4pm on Aug 12, 2013. The charge under Section 323 of the Penal Code carries a maximum one-year jail term or maximum RM2,000 fine or both.
