SINGAPORE - During his stay in a nursing home, a 68-year-old man attacked another resident and set a mattress on fire.

Jahalal Ali was sentenced to 15 weeks’ jail on Dec 16 after he pleaded guilty to two charges of voluntarily causing hurt and one count of mischief by fire.

He was given an additional 49 days’ jail for breaching a remission order for past offences, which required him to keep out of trouble from Jan 9, 2023, to June 18, 2025.