Overview

• Baniyah Shap, 52, pleaded guilty to seven charges, including a rash act causing death, possessing a foldable knife, and perverting the course of justice.
• The stabbing occurred during a late‑night scuffle on Dec 11, 2023, at Block 631 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4, when she struck her husband’s thigh with a foldable knife.
• An autopsy found he died from bleeding caused by a puncture to the right femoral artery, despite being resuscitated twice at the hospital.
• Prosecutors sought about 33 months after arguing her actions were deliberately rash and aggravated by washing and hiding the knife and telling bystanders not to call for help.
• Several unrelated financial charges tied to relinquished bank accounts were included in the case, eight other counts were taken into consideration, and the sentence was backdated to Dec 12, 2023.