SINGAPORE: A boy began sexually abusing his younger sister from when she was five and he was 12, continuing the assault for seven years and raping her repeatedly.
At times when she resisted, the boy punched her, slapped her and pinched her.
The offender, now 26, was sentenced on Monday (May 18) to 18 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of statutory rape, with another eight charges taken into consideration.
THE CASE
The offender cannot be named due to gag orders protecting the identity of his sister, who is now 19.
The siblings were close and lived with their parents and two older siblings in a one-room flat.
Sometime in 2012, the offender began molesting his sister when she was between five and six.
This escalated into penetrative acts when the girl was six or seven. On one occasion, the girl hesitated and her brother slapped her.
He later warned her not to tell anyone what happened. He would target her when nobody else was in the flat, or when the rest of the family was asleep.
Sometime in 2018, the victim and the offender were playing with their phones in the living room while the rest of the family slept.
