An Indian nurse working at Singapore's Raffles Hospital has been sentenced to 1 yr and two months in jail for molesting a male customer. The court docket handed the sentence on Friday.He additionally obtained two strokes of the cane, a type of corporal punishment for a similar. The 34-year-old nurse, Elipe Siva Nagu, dedicated the offence in June this yr inside a affected person's bathroom on the hospital on North Bridge Highway, in keeping with court docket paperwork.Deputy Public Prosecutor Eugene Phua informed the court docket that the sufferer had gone to go to his grandfather, who was admitted to the hospital. At round 7.30 pm, the sufferer went to make use of the bathroom and Elipe regarded inside whereas he was utilizing it. On the pretext of eager to “disinfect” the sufferer, Elipe put cleaning soap on his hand and molested him.The sufferer, shocked by the incident, didn't react instantly and later returned to his grandfather's bedside. The case was reported to the authorities a couple of days later, and Elipe was arrested on June 23.DPP Phua knowledgeable the court docket that the incident brought about the sufferer emotional misery, together with recurring flashbacks. The hospital suspended Elipe from his nursing duties following the offence, information company PTI reported citing The Straits Occasions.In a separate case final month, one other Indian nationwide and Singapore everlasting resident, Ankit Sharma, 46, was jailed for 4 years for molesting a girl in a nursing room at Changi Metropolis Level mall.
