Singapore teen who fatally stabbed father had gaming addiction, sentenced to five years’ detention


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A Singaporean teenager with a gaming addiction was sentenced to five years in detention on Monday for culpable homicide after stabbing his 49-year-old father in the neck. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was 14 years old when he attacked his father with a fruit knife following an argument about a lost laundry detergent scoop at their home in the Loyang area on December 11, 2020. Following the stabbing, the teen put the knife in a sink and locked himself in his room, only to re-emerge soon afterwards to apologise and try to staunch the bleeding, The...