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23-05-2017, 10:21 AM
He intends to appeal against sentence and conviction
By Alfred Chua
Published: 9:55 PM, May 22, 2017
Updated: 10:47 PM, May 22, 2017
SINGAPORE — He was her uncle and she was closer to him than to her own parents, but he betrayed her trust when he molested her while they were alone at his home one day.
For outrage of modesty of a person below the age of 14, the man was on Monday (May 22) sentenced to 21 months in jail and four strokes of the cane after a five-day trial.
The girl, now 16, and her uncle, aged 45, cannot be identified due to a court order. He intends to appeal against the conviction and sentence.
The court heard that the man, who is married with no children, had on the afternoon of Feb 10, 2014, invited his niece over to his house and later touched her private parts.
Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Sruthi Boppana said that there was some degree of premeditation involved: “The accused made a concerted effort to remove the victim from her mother’s care and (take) her to his house where he would be alone with her.”
He had “no qualms satisfying his sexual desires by preying on her”, she said, adding that “the contact was direct, skin on skin, and with little regard for the fact that the victim had rejected (his) request to touch her (inappropriately)”.
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By Alfred Chua
Published: 9:55 PM, May 22, 2017
Updated: 10:47 PM, May 22, 2017
SINGAPORE — He was her uncle and she was closer to him than to her own parents, but he betrayed her trust when he molested her while they were alone at his home one day.
For outrage of modesty of a person below the age of 14, the man was on Monday (May 22) sentenced to 21 months in jail and four strokes of the cane after a five-day trial.
The girl, now 16, and her uncle, aged 45, cannot be identified due to a court order. He intends to appeal against the conviction and sentence.
The court heard that the man, who is married with no children, had on the afternoon of Feb 10, 2014, invited his niece over to his house and later touched her private parts.
Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Sruthi Boppana said that there was some degree of premeditation involved: “The accused made a concerted effort to remove the victim from her mother’s care and (take) her to his house where he would be alone with her.”
He had “no qualms satisfying his sexual desires by preying on her”, she said, adding that “the contact was direct, skin on skin, and with little regard for the fact that the victim had rejected (his) request to touch her (inappropriately)”.
continue reading here : http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/jail-caning-man-who-molested-niece