Maid Mixes Menstrual Blood Into Boss's Food, Gets 9 Weeks In Jail

A 44-year-old Filipina domestic worker in Singapore was sentenced to nine weeks in jail Wednesday after she admitted to mixing her bodily fluids into her employer's food.

The migrant worker was found guilty on one count of mischief for mixing some of her urine and menstrual blood into food meant to be consumed by her employer and his family, Yahoo News reported.

The identities of the maid and her employer, a software engineer, were not disclosed due to a gag order, according to Singaporean newspaper Today.

The Filipina started working at the family's residence in Sengkang back in 2017 under a two-year contract, which saw her working from around 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

The worker was reportedly tasked with cooking the family's three meals, and she was free to buy any ingredients she wanted. She would sometimes cook her food and prepare separate meals for the family.

Additionally, the maid sometimes took care of her employer's wife, mother-in-law and children — now aged three and seven.

The Filipina's employer learned about her nasty behavior when he received a text on Dec. 15, 2019, from an unknown number, claiming that the worker had mixed urine and menstrual blood into the family's food.

The employer then filed a police report, and the maid admitted to the offense and apologized to her boss. She also confessed to authorities, who recorded her statements.

The worker later sent her employer and his wife text messages that read, "[I'm] really sorry sir," "Please forgive me" and "Don't put me in prison."

During the Filipina's trial, she argued that her previous confessions were a lie. She also claimed that her boyfriend instigated her into offending, and she was afraid she might face retaliation.

The worker's ex-boyfriend, who died from cancer last April, allegedly threatened to physically abuse her, withdraw her financial support, or sabotage her employment.

District Judge Toh Han Li, however, found these concerns to be baseless as the maid had no contact with her former partner for some time. Additionally, the ex-boyfriend could not have sabotaged the worker's employment because she was terminated on Dec. 16, 2019.

The judge also found it "odd" that the maid would implicate her former partner if she were afraid of him as doing so would have subjected him to investigations as her co-accused.

Toh concluded that the worker's attempt to backtrack on her confessions was not credible, and she was convicted on her charge of mischief.

Kalaithasan Karuppaya, the maid's lawyer, said in mitigation that his client had been in Singapore for nearly two years without an income since investigations on her began. She was reportedly under the care of the Philippine embassy and a shelter.

Additionally, the worker's family, which comprised her parents and her four children aged 11, 13, 18, and 23, relied on her income, Karuppaya said.

A single count of mischief could have seen the maid jailed up to a year, fined or both.