SINGAPORE – A man repeatedly committed obscene acts on his long-time friends’ special needs daughter when she was between 16 and 17 years old, after caring for her over almost a decade.
He was caught red-handed by the girl’s domestic helper in 2023.
On April 30, the 54-year-old offender was sentenced to a year and seven months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to three counts of committing an obscene act on a young person.
Two other similar charges were considered during his sentencing.
The victim cannot be named owing to a gag order. The Straits Times is also not revealing details about the man as doing so could lead to a disclosure of the victim’s identity.
Court documents stated that the girl has attention deficit disorder, learning difficulties and severe dyspraxia, a condition that causes impaired coordination of physical movements.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Jeremy Bin said that the victim’s parents had entrusted him with her care around 2014 when she was seven to eight years old.
He was her physical trainer and worked with her multiple times a week to help her overcome her dyspraxia.
