No clue who any of them are. Hope get fined with >10month jail term
Calling these useless people celebrities or ex-celebs is an insult to that term. Liddat Kurt also world famous sharabaty
Woman, 46, sets fire to ‘escape’ Sembawang HDB unit after boyfriend breaks up with her, believes she was trapped inside
She set fire to six pieces of paper before throwing them into the bedroom, in an alleged attempt to create an "escape route".
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Here's the full detailed account:
Incident Overview
Who: Jasmine Helena Halim, 46 years old
When: Around 5:15pm, Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Where: 10th-floor unit, Block 512 Wellington Circle, Sembawang HDB
Sentencing: Pleaded guilty Sept 9, 2026 → sentenced to 5 months' imprisonment
What Happened
- Helena and her boyfriend broke up on the day of the incident. By ~5pm, she became convinced her ex-boyfriend had locked/trapped her inside her own flat
- She told investigators she believed she'd been confined for weeks without food — yet never reached out for help
- Using a lighter, she set fire to six pieces of paper and threw them into the bedroom, intending to burn a way out — an "escape route"
- Fire spread rapidly, damaging her unit and shattering windows in the neighbouring flat
- 34 calls were made to police about the blaze
- SCDF extinguished the fire with a water jet; ~30 residents evacuated
- Helena was rescued by neighbours — including a former firefighter — who broke the locked gate to get her out
- She was taken conscious to Singapore General Hospital for smoke inhalation, arrested the same day, and held on remand
Background & Details
- She is a known patient of the Institute of Mental Health (IMH)
- Unit was cluttered, bags stacked, barely room to move
- HDB repair costs: >$10,000 — still unpaid
- Record: prior convictions for theft & property offences, no prior arson
- Prosecution cited public alarm, inconvenience, and no compensation; sought 5–6 months jail
- Sentence: 5 months, backdated to remand start
Source: STOMP / Shin Min Daily News / AsiaOne — published Sep 10, 2026
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