Man charged with molesting 6-year-old girl in Changi Airport transit area

According to court documents, the American allegedly kissed and touched the girl’s abdomen, lifted the waistband of her trousers and peered inside. The incident is said to have happened at around 5pm on Dec 9.

Police said previously that the child had been sleeping on a bench next to her mother.

The woman, who woke up and spotted Carreiro, confronted him immediately, said a police spokesperson.

She alerted the police when he walked away.

After establishing the man’s identity using CCTV footage, officers from the Airport Police Division arrested him within four hours of receiving a report about the case.

His case will be mentioned again in court on Dec 23.

For molesting a child below 14 years old, an offender can be jailed for up to five years, fined or caned, or receive any combination of such punishments.