Reported by his mum, vaping teen is sent to S'pore Boys' Home

15-year-old also verbally abused police and shoplifted, among other offences

- Nadine Chua

A 15-year-old boy who vaped until his mother called the police on him, and who verbally abused the responding officers, was ordered to spend two years in a boys' home.

He was dealt with on July 21 after pleading guilty to 12 charges, including for voluntarily causing hurt, harassing a public servant, possessing a vape and shop theft, among other offences.

District Judge Amy Tung ordered him to a juvenile rehabilitation centre at the Singapore Boys' Home, after finding probation unsuitable for him.

He cannot be named as he is below 18 and protected under the Children and Young Persons Act.

On May 1, the boy's mother called the police, telling them: "My son is going crazy."

When two police officers arrived, the mother showed them a vape and said her son had not been acting normally since using it. The location was undisclosed in court documents.

When one of the officers asked the boy to sit down, the child shouted at him.