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SINGAPORE – A 46-year-old man was sentenced to 14 months in jail and two strokes of a cane on Monday (October 5) for sexually abusing his teenage stepdaughter.
He had previously pleaded guilty to one count of outraging the girl’s modesty in 2017. She was 15 at the time.
Another similar charge was taken into account during the sentencing of District Judge Wong Li Tein.
Both the man and the victim cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the girl’s identity. The court heard that the man and his mother had since been divorced.
Court documents indicate that on September 15, 2017, the man entered the girl’s room to massage her sprained ankle. He then touched her groin for a few seconds before asking if he could “join” her when she slept next time.
When the girl said no, he told her not to tell anyone about the incident.
As a result of the man’s actions, the teenager stayed up late after school as long as she could, as she did not want to be alone with her stepfather, according to court documents.
The man sexually abused the girl again between midnight and 3 a.m. on October 3, 2017.
She had entered her room, where she and two of her stepsisters slept.
The girl woke up after the man squeezed her chest, but she got scared and pretended to be asleep.
He repeatedly abused her, even touching her private parts on her clothes.
He made a police report later that day, after telling two of his friends and his teacher about the incident.
Urging the court to sentence the man to 14 months in jail and two strokes of the baton, Assistant District Attorney Sheryl Yeo said there was a “serious breach of trust” by the man, among other things.
For outraging the girl’s modesty, the man could have been imprisoned for up to two years and / or fined and / or flogged.
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