Bar owner convicted of raping 17-year-old runaway who worked for him

A High Court judge said sufficient evidence has been presented to prove that the girl did not consent to the sex acts.

He faced three charges relating to the victim – one for rape, one for outrage of modesty and one for harbouring her.On March 28, a High Court judge found him guilty of the two charges, saying that sufficient evidence has been presented by the prosecution to prove that the girl did not consent to the sex acts.The victim cannot be named owing to a gag order.

He ended up having sex with the victim and also engaged in sex acts with another girl – the alleged victim identified as B1 – on the second floor of the unit. The third girl remained on the first floor.Jail, caning for man who tried but failed to rape drunken female friend On March 28, Justice Mavis Chionh said the girl’s version of events was corroborated by the two other girls who were present in the condo.

Justice Chionh did not find this change of evidence to be detrimental to Raj Kumar. If anything, it made the victim’s account less favourable to herself, said the judge.

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