1 3 'Don't keep things bottled in' Sat, Nov 12, 2011 | The New Paper She manipulated her teenage lover to kill her husband in 2008, and was sentenced to nine years' jail. Rosnah, 26, had been unhappy with her husband, a pub deejay whom she claimed physically abused her. (All names have been changed to protect their identities.) Her husband had also been in jail, leaving her to fend for herself and their two sons. So she confided her woes to Jamal, a 16-year-old bartender in a pub she used to work in. Rosnah, who was then 24, said: "One day, I couldn't take it any more, I burst out crying in front of (Jamal). "I just said I wished that my husband were dead. I said it out of anger and depression because of what I'd been through." Jamal took her at her word. She then manipulated him into believing that an ex-boyfriend was willing to kill her husband, and marry her. Fearing he would lose her, Jamal asked Rosnah to give him some time to plan the murder. Rosnah said she would love him for the rest of his life if he succeeded. At 3.30am one day, they went to Rosnah's flat after work. She went in alone and called her husband, who was at work, to ask when he would be back. She relayed this information to Jamal, who was lying in ambush at the lift lobby with a Swiss army knife. When her husband appeared, Jamal stabbed him in the back and neck, threw the penknife into a canal and took a taxi home. A neighbour, who found the victim's body, called the police. The next day, Rosnah confessed and the lovers were arrested. Since Jamal was under 18, he was ordered to be detained indefinitely under the President's pleasure. His conduct and progress will be reviewed periodically, and when found suitable for release, a recommendation will be made to the President, who may then direct the release. Not in mental control A psychiatrist testified that Rosnah was suffering from a mental ailment and was not in full control of her mental faculties when she committed the offences. Asked what advice she would give women in abusive marriages, she said: "Talk to people who can help you. Don't keep things bottled inside you because when they explode, you don't know what will happen."