Jail, caning for ‘father figure’ who raped girl after she fell victim to stepfather

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The man, 44, pleaded guilty on Thursday in a district court to one count of raping the girl in 2020. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE – Before she was 14, a girl had been sexually abused by two men who were supposed to protect her as her “father figures”.

He noted that the young victim had already endured sexual abuse by her stepfather – her second father figure – for almost three years from 2017 to 2020. In June 2020, he performed a sexual act on the victim in the master bedroom of the flat while her mother was asleep in the room.This was the start of sexual activities between the two, which lasted till October 2021. The victim consented to the sexual acts but felt disgusted by them, said DPP Ng.They were watching a movie in the living room when he initiated sexual contact by touching and kissing her.

DPP Ng, along with DPPs Marcus Foo and Goh Qi Shuen, said in their sentencing submissions that the accused should be jailed for 10 years with six strokes of the cane.

 

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