Man jailed, caned for molesting niece

[Orochi]

Man jailed, caned for molesting niece
Posted: 28 February 2012 1239 hrs

SINGAPORE: A man felt his brother and sister-in-law caused him to be homeless and he took revenge on them by outraging their daughter's modesty.

The 28-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to four years and 11 months' jail for the aggravated outrage of modesty of his 13-year-old niece.

The court has also ordered him to be caned six strokes.

The incident occurred on June 22, 2011 at about 1.30pm in the male toilet of Fort Canning Park.

Earlier that day, the victim was having lunch with her mother and brother at Orchard Cineleisure.

The accused lied to his niece to get her away from her mother and brother while they went to the toilet.

He pretended that police officers were chasing after him and asked the victim to run.

The accused subsequently brought the victim to Fort Canning Park and told her he needed the men's room.

Thereafter, he pulled the victim into the toilet with him and made her take her clothes off.

Court documents stated that the accused tried penetrating her but stopped short of rape.

The victim's ordeal eased when she asked why her uncle was doing this to her when he had said previously she was like his daughter.

The accused stopped and the victim took the opportunity to escape and contacted her mother.

In submissions, the prosecution asked for a tougher sentence as the accused abused his position of trust as the victim's uncle.

They added that the offence was committed in an especially reprehensible manner and that the accused threatened the victim twice in getting her to cooperate.

Court documents state the victim is now deeply traumatised and undergoing counselling. The accused also admitted to a charge of snatch theft committed on June 18, 2011 at Bukit Batok East.

For this charge, he was given a jail term of 15 months.

- CNA/fa

 

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Man molests his own niece

Lina Chan

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A man felt that his brother and sister-in-law had caused him to become homeless. With revenge on his mind, the 28-year-old outraged the modesty of the married couple's 13-year-old daughter on 22 June last year, reported Channel NewsAsia.

He lured her away from her mother and brother while having lunch in the Orchard Road area. While her mother and brother were in the toilet, the man had lied to her that she must get away from the vicinity with him as he there were police officers chasing him. They ran off to Fort Canning park where he brought her to the men's toilet and made her strip.

He tried having intercourse with her, The 13-year-old niece asked him why he was doing this and reminded him that he had once said he regarded her like his own daughter. This made him pause and the teenager seized the opportunity to flee. She contacted her mother and the man was later arrested.

The man received a jail sentence of four years and 11 months for aggravated outrage of modesty. He has also been ordered to receive six strokes of the cane. In addition, he was given another 15 months of jail time for committing snatch theft on 18 June last year.