Court dismisses Beef Bro co-founder’s appeal to overturn sentence for sexually assaulting sister’s drunk friend

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SINGAPORE — The Court of Appeal on Wednesday (April 5) threw out an application by the co-founder of eatery chain Beef Bro to overturn his conviction and sentencing for molesting and sexually assaulting his sister’s friend.

Norvan Tan En Jie, 27, was sentenced by the High Court to nine years and 10 months’ jail and eight strokes of the cane on Aug 5, 2022. Tan, who had claimed trail, was convicted of two counts of sexual assault by penetration and two counts of molestation of a girl in the early hours of Dec 26, 2016.

The defence argued that the prosecution’s case rested on the victim's incomplete recollection of the events that night in light of her intoxicated state at the time of the event. They argued that the victim was also inconsistent in her evidence. Mr Thuraisingam also argued that it should be up to the prosecution to prove that the semen found on the T-shirt that the victim was wearing had come from the assault.

She was also weak and intoxicated during the night and would not have been in position to make up stories of sexual assault, said the judge. On the other hand, Tan’s explanation of how else the semen could have gotten onto the T-shirt were “contrived”.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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