The High Court heard that the victim, an only child, lived with her parents in a flat with one bedroom. She usually slept in the room with her mother, while her father slept on a sofa bed in the living room.When they returned home, she lay on the sofa bed to text her friends, as she did not want to disturb her mother, who was already asleep.
Shortly after, her father joined her on the sofa bed and she asked him to lull her to sleep by patting her thigh or arm, as he had done many times before.She moved away and told him not to come close to her, but he pinned her down and tried to kiss her as she struggled.After he fell asleep on the sofa bed, the girl did not raise the alarm. She wanted her parents to remain together and was mindful that telling her mother would cause them to break up.
In 2017, the girl was placed in a welfare home after her father threatened her with a knife. There, she found out that she was not alone as some of her hostel mates had also been sexually assaulted. She finally told her mother on Jan 21,2018, what her father had done to her. The woman informed the girl's child protection officer and a police report was made.On Wednesday, he pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual assault by penetration.
Prosecutors sought at least 11 years' jail for the offence and an additional four months' jail in lieu of eight strokes of the cane the man would have received, based on sentencing guidelines, had he not been above 50. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network
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