Singapore jails woman and ex-lover over plot to kill her estranged husband

Amanda Yeo Pei Min conspired with her boyfriend Leong Wei Guo to sabotage her then-husband’s car in an attempt to cause his death

Yeo, the mastermind of the plot, had instructed Leong on how to damage the vehicle. The pair were jailed five and four months respectively

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Amanda Yeo Pei Min (left) and her ex-lover Leong Wei Guo. Photo: Today Online

Published: 5:17pm, 12 Mar 2020Updated: 9:04pm, 12 Mar 2020

Desperate to prove his worth to his first true love, Leong Wei Guo put nails in her husband’s car tyres and tampered with its anti-lock braking system.

The attempts to kill Amanda Yeo Pei Min’s husband ultimately failed, however, landing both her and Leong in jail.

On Wednesday, Yeo and Leong were respectively sentenced to five and four months in prison by a Singapore court. They pleaded guilty last month to conspiring to cause grievous hurt by a rash act to her then-husband, who is now aged 28.

Yeo, 26, has since divorced her husband and broken up with Leong, 25.

Leong’s lawyer Thomas Tham told the court that when the two lovers became friends on Facebook in 2014, Yeo told Leong about her marital problems and they began having an affair.

“The actions of the accused were out of deep love for Amanda, his first true love. He was then young and immature,” the lawyer added.

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