‘Dangerous and volatile’ woman jailed for assaulting 4 people, including cop and elderly woman

SINGAPORE – A woman described in court as “dangerous and volatile” assaulted four women, including a police officer and a 74-year-old woman, in separate unprovoked attacks.

Nur Sheerah Abd Sabar, 28, assaulted her first two victims in 2024 and was arrested in November that year.

While out on bail in 2025, she assaulted the policewoman and the elderly victim.

On Feb 20, when she turned 28, Nur was sentenced to 36 weeks’ jail after she pleaded guilty to three counts of assault and one count of voluntarily causing hurt to a public servant. 

Deputy Public Prosecutor Thaddeus Tan said that the offender was walking past the first victim, a 57-year-old woman, at a coffee shop in Woodlands Avenue 6 on June 4, 2024, when she attacked her.

Court documents did not disclose the reason for the attack, which took place around 3pm that day.

Nur choked and punched the woman before leaving the coffee shop.

The victim’s daughter made a police report, stating that her mother had a bloodied mouth after the attack and went to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.

She was given two days of medical leave.

Nur struck again on Nov 4, 2024, when she assaulted a 68-year-old cashier at a shop in Choa Chu Kang Street 51.

Nur had gone up to the counter with some clothes she had selected and the cashier told her that she had to pay $34 for them.

DPP Tan said: “The accused... appeared to use her phone and told the victim that she had made payment via PayNow.

“As the victim wanted to confirm this, she asked the accused to show her the payment confirmation page.

“However, the accused refused and insisted that she made payment... The victim then withheld the plastic bag containing the clothes.”

Nur flung her mobile phone at the older woman, hitting her on the forehead near the right eyebrow and causing bleeding.

An unidentified man alerted the police and officers arrested Nur, who was released on bail later that day.

The third attack occurred shortly before 11am on Aug 25, 2025. Nur was at a bus stop near Admiralty MRT station when she assaulted the 74-year-old woman.

She slapped the woman on the face, pushed her, forcing her to lie down on the bus-stop seat, and climbed on top of her to choke her, said DPP Tan.

“After about four seconds, the accused let go of the victim, who walked away and got on the next available bus to escape the accused.”

Court documents did not state the reason behind the attack, which was captured on CCTV.

The court heard that the third victim had nightmares after her ordeal and was too afraid to return to the same bus stop.

A 47-year-old policewoman, who was investigating the case, went to Nur’s Housing Board flat in Woodlands Avenue 6 around 3pm on Sept 8, 2025.

Identifying herself as a police officer, she showed Nur a screenshot from the CCTV footage of the bus-stop attack.

Nur insisted on viewing the footage and the officer suggested going downstairs to do so.

But Nur refused to and instead grabbed the officer’s phone and threw it on the floor, the prosecutor said.

When the officer bent to pick up her phone, Nur slammed her against the wall and struck her head multiple times.

“While the victim was still on the floor, the accused continued to slap and scratch the victim on the head.”

The officer managed to get away when Nur turned around to call out to her younger brother.

At the hospital, the policewoman was found with injuries including bruises to her right lung.

Nur was re-arrested on Sept 8, 2025, and has been in remand since then.

On Feb 20, DPP Tan urged the court to sentence her to up to 12½ months in jail.

He said: “The accused is a dangerous and volatile individual, and a stiff sentence must be passed to deter her from future offending.”