SINGAPORE: A boy molested his only sister, three years his junior, from when she was eight years old, progressing to raping her when she was 13.
The offender, now 19, pleaded guilty on Monday (Apr 6) to two counts of molestation and one count of rape. Another three similar charges will be considered in sentencing.
The offender cannot be named due to gag orders protecting his sister’s identity.
THE CASE
The court heard that the offender was the second-oldest brother in the family, while the victim was the only girl.
The family lived together and the victim slept in her own room. From around August 2019 to August 2021, the family had a live-in helper.
Around 2018, the boy committed his first act of sexual assault against his sister, who was eight to nine years old.
The boy had been watching pornography and wanted to replicate the sex acts he had seen.
When he was alone with his sister in her room, with their parents not at home, the boy molested the girl for about five to 10 minutes. He stopped only when their helper called out for them.
The incident caused the girl to fear her brother, who went on to sexually assault her several times that year. He asked her to perform a sex act on him on one occasion, but she refused.
In another instance, the boy showed his sister a pornographic video in her room.
On that day, their mother returned home earlier than usual and saw them watching the video. She scolded her son and from then on, he was not allowed to enter his sister’s room.
The boy paused his sexual attacks on his sister until 2020.
One night, sometime between 2020 and 2021, when the girl was between 10 and 12, the boy went to his sister’s room while his parents were not at home.
