When you make a mistake, you can either own up to it and face the consequences, or try to lie your way out of the situation.
For instance, if you were electronically tagged and had to stick to a curfew but were caught breaking it one night, what would you do?
Well, there are a few options:
- Admit your mistakes
- Admit your mistakes
- Literally anything but make up a story about an ex abusing you to avoid any consequences
Number 3 doesn’t seem like the best option, but it’s exactly what one 20-year-old did in January.
Student Made Fake Police Report That Her Former BF Abused Her When She Was Actually Breaking Her Curfew
On 19 Jan this year, Tharuna Thirunavukkarasu, a student with the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College East, went out drinking with her friends in Telok Blangah.
Normally, there wouldn’t be a problem with this, but the 20-year-old was electronically tagged at the time of the incident, and had to comply with a curfew.
She was convicted in September 2018 of unspecified offences, and was sentenced to time in a reformative training (RT) centre, before being released under an RT supervision scheme.
So, when she went out drinking with her friends that day, she had breached her curfew. Fearing imprisonment, Tharuna made up a story which involved her ex-boyfriend.
The next day, the 20-year-old lodged a police report claiming that between 4.30pm and 5.30pm on 19 Jan, she was at the ITE College East bus stop when her ex-boyfriend slapped and punched her on different parts of her body.
According to Tharuna, he then forced her into a van and continued abusing her physically, after which they drove to a block in Telok Blangah where her ex took her phone and wallet away.
She said her former boyfriend forced her to sit with him and his friends at a void deck while they drank, and that he had threatened to cut her e-tag if they left.
The 20-year-old claimed she only managed to escape the next morning. In her report, she also said she saw drugs and controlled weapons in the man’s van.
Ex Interviewed, Lies Discovered
As the police are supposed to do, officers investigated the alleged perpetrator hoping to get some answers.
However, when they interviewed the former boyfriend, they discovered he was not with her during the time of the alleged offences.
What’s more, he had received video calls from Tharuna where she seemed to be drinking.
When Tharuna was confronted with this evidence on 25 Jan, she cracked and confessed to making a false report.
As for why she targeted her ex-boyfriend, she said it was because she was angry with him over their break-up.
On Thursday (15 Apr), the 20-year-old pleaded guilty to making the false report with the intent of causing the police to investigate her ex-boyfriend. Her suitability for reformative training will be assessed.
For making the false report, the student could be jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.
She’s currently in remand and expected to return to court on 6 May.
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