SINGAPORE – For almost two years, a man manipulated his underage niece into a relationship with him, having sex with her and even using bondage equipment on her.
The 13-year-old girl had tried to end their relationship on at least eight occasions, but her uncle would guilt-trip her each time and she failed to break up with him.
When the girl began dating her teenage schoolmate, the uncle got jealous and threatened to upload her nude photos and videos onto a pornographic site.
On Aug 3, the 38-year-old man was sentenced to 21 years’ jail and 16 strokes of the cane. He pleaded guilty to six charges, including statutory rape, sexual assault and threatening to distribute intimate images of the girl.
The offender cannot be named due to a gag order to protect his niece’s identity.
Deputy public prosecutors Chin Jincheng and Joelle Loy said the offender kept up a facade of being nothing but a caring uncle to the victim.
“In reality, the accused blatantly and repeatedly violated her parents’ trust,” the prosecutors said.
“Capitalising on his easy access to her, he robbed her of her innocence by taking her virginity when she was 13 years old and habituated her to all kinds of illicit sexual activity with him.”
According to court documents, the offender is the victim’s paternal uncle, and he had a close relationship with her father, who is his oldest brother.
Before she turned 13, the girl had seen her uncle only during family gatherings and on special occasions.
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