A 23-year-old Singaporean nurse, who was nearly killed by an Indian-origin man for rejecting his marriage proposal, today testified that she tried her "very best to fight" the assailant off but became too weak as he continuously stabbed her.
A 23-year-old Singaporean nurse, who was nearly killed by an Indian-origin man for rejecting his marriage proposal, today testified that she tried her "very best to fight" the assailant off but became too weak as he continuously stabbed her.
"He stabbed me in the back, then he turned me, stabbed me in the abdomen. I tried my very best to fight but I (had to) sit down because it was quite painful. Eventually I (had to lie down) and he sat on top of me everything was bleeding," the woman said, lifting her hair away from her neck to reveal a long, jagged scar.
Her attacker, Varadharajan Mahadevan Mahadevan, 33, is on trial for attempting to murder her on December 20, 2013, a day after she rejected his marriage proposal.
He had spent the night at the void deck of the woman's apartment block and confronted her with a knife when she left her flat the next morning.
The woman said Varadharajan had shouted "die" as he stabbed her, and told her: "If I can't have you, no man should have you".
The woman's screams reached her parents in their apartment on the eighth storey, and they rushed to their only daughter's aid.
The Singaporean nurse met Varadharajan, a healthcare assistant, at the National University Hospital in February 2013, when she was a student nurse.
They worked closely together in a ward and grew close during her 10-week internship.
But the relationship was one-sided.
"It was just a joke. I didn't take (him) seriously at all," the woman said, adding Varadharajan knew she was seeing someone else.
"He couldn t accept it. He got angry," she said.
For the next few months, Varadharajan harassed her constantly.
He called her 30 to 40 times a day and sent her ominous text messages warning her she would "suffer".
The woman's father advised her to lodge a police report, but she refused.
"I didn't want to ruin his rice bowl," she told the court.
The woman remained calm on the stand as she spoke about the injuries she suffered, including permanent nerve damage to her facial muscles.
The trial continues tomorrow, when the woman will be cross-examined by Varadharajan s defence team.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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