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A FETISHIST who gets a sexual thrill out of riding other people’s motorbikes was spared a prison sentence for theft yesterday.
Ding Poh Too was placed on two years’ probation after stealing an $8,700 bike at Marina Bay Sands.
The 48-year-old was diagnosed with the fetish more than 20 years ago, and it has landed him in jail at least three times.
That did not stop him getting back in the saddle in a carpark at the integrated resort in March.
Ding used a duplicate key to start the engine of the Honda CBR 400 owned by chef Kaname Iwasaki. He then rode off, even though he was uninsured and banned from driving.
Four days later, he fitted the bike with a false licence plate.
He was arrested after the owner’s brother spotted the motorcycle in a carpark on Seah Im Road. Ding, who is unemployed, pleaded guilty in April.
A psychiatrist from the Institute of Mental Health found he was suffering from depression and para-phillia, or fetishism, which caused his offences.
The problem started in his teens when he experienced sexual pleasure riding his uncle’s bicycle. He bought his own bicycle but reported getting more gratification by riding someone else’s.
Later in his teens, his fetish moved on to motorcycles. He would usually take someone else’s for a ride and then put it back.
Ding first appeared in court in 1995, when he was fined for taking a motorbike without authority.
He was jailed for three weeks in 1996 for loitering with intent to steal, and for 14 months for motorcycle theft in 2005.
In 2006, he was jailed for a year and banned from driving for six years after trying to steal a motorcycle.
Ding has attempted suicide several times, according to the psychiatric report.
He could have been jailed up to seven years yesterday for motorcycle theft. But District Judge Low Wee Ping put him on probation, saying he had the potential to live a better life, and was an articulate and mature person.
He hoped Ding would set a good example to young probationers. Ding replied: “I will not disappoint you.”
Psychiatrist Tommy Tan, who runs a practice at Novena Medical Centre, told The Straits Times fetishes usually involve objects such as women’s underwear. But he said Ding “could have had past experiences, such as sexual encounters on a motorbike, such that he associates bikes with sexual arousal afterwards”.
.... even a bike also can get him sexually aroused? 
