<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR>Oct 15, 2009
ORAL SEX WITH TUTOR
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Boy initiated sex acts <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Nine-year-old not traumatised, according to psychiatrist's report </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Selina Lum
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->COURT proceedings to decide on sentencing for a 37-year-old tutor, convicted of allowing a nine-year-old boy to perform oral sex on him on five occasions, took an unusual turn yesterday.
The focus turned to the boy, as details emerged in court about his fixation with sex and how he had made advances to his tutor.
The tutor's lawyer, Mr Denis Tan, gave a disturbing picture of a child who harboured sexual fantasies, performed lewd acts and exposed himself to others.
Arguing that the case was not a typical one in which a predatory adult victimises a child, Mr Tan fought for his client to be placed on probation.
The prosecution did not dispute that the child had issues with sex.
A government child psychiatrist who saw the boy said he had a 'definitive mindset' about sexual matters and showed 'hyper-sexualised behaviour'.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times. [email protected]
ORAL SEX WITH TUTOR
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Boy initiated sex acts <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Nine-year-old not traumatised, according to psychiatrist's report </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Selina Lum
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->COURT proceedings to decide on sentencing for a 37-year-old tutor, convicted of allowing a nine-year-old boy to perform oral sex on him on five occasions, took an unusual turn yesterday.
The focus turned to the boy, as details emerged in court about his fixation with sex and how he had made advances to his tutor.
The tutor's lawyer, Mr Denis Tan, gave a disturbing picture of a child who harboured sexual fantasies, performed lewd acts and exposed himself to others.
Arguing that the case was not a typical one in which a predatory adult victimises a child, Mr Tan fought for his client to be placed on probation.
The prosecution did not dispute that the child had issues with sex.
A government child psychiatrist who saw the boy said he had a 'definitive mindset' about sexual matters and showed 'hyper-sexualised behaviour'.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times. [email protected]