Australian gets 10 years for killing demon wife in Singapore
Expat who believed he was Jesus Christ is sentenced after pleading guilty to culpable homicide
Updated: May 25, 2021 09:32 AM GMT
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Paul Leslie Quirk, 49, an Australian with a history of psychological illness, was sentenced to 10 years in jail for killing his Singaporean wife while believing she was a demon. (Photo: Facebook)
A court in Singapore has handed down a 10-year jail term to an Australian man who killed his Singaporean wife after believing she was a demon.
Paul Leslie Quirk, 49, who has a history of psychological illness, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty on May 24 to a charge of culpable homicide for killing his wife, Christiana Khoo Gek Hwa.
Monday, 24 May 2021 02:51 PM MYT
Paul Leslie Quirk enters State Courts on January 4, 2020. TODAY pic
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SINGAPORE, May 24 Thinking his wife was a demon that he needed to banish from existence, Paul Leslie Quirk viciously beat her with martial arts weapons in their Buangkok condominium unit in a bid to “finish her”.
Christina Khoo Gek Hwa fled to the balcony, where fellow residents watched in shock as he continued assaulting her while she pleaded for help.
When she ran back into the unit and eventually collapsed, he retrieved a kitchen knife and fatally stabbed her multiple times in the neck.