SINGAPORE: While on the run for previous offences, a jobless man committed a litany of crimes including assaulting his girlfriend, driving without a licence and peeping at a minor in a public toilet.
The most serious offences, however, took place in May 2022 when he raped a 61-year-old woman who was using a machine at an exercise corner before threatening to kill her whole family if she reported him.
Imran Syafiq Mohamed Rashid, now 37, was sentenced on Tuesday (Oct 28) to 19-and-a-half years’ jail, 12 strokes of the cane and various driving bans.
He had pleaded guilty to 10 charges which include rape, possessing drug utensils, driving without a licence, house-breaking to commit theft and criminal intimidation.
Another 31 charges were taken into consideration.
The prosecution said Imran committed a “staggering number” of offences over two years before the rape incident.
In May 2020, he absconded from Lloyd Leas Community Supervision Centre for about a month until he was arrested in June 2020.
He was released on police bail but went on to pocket numerous bank cards and an identity card and was found with drug utensils.
He absconded for over a year from September 2020, committing 33 offences in this time.
These include assaulting his girlfriend across four occasions including kicking her face and punching her.
