SINGAPORE – A former PE teacher at a secondary school who sexually exploited his student in hotel rooms and a school camp was sentenced to 16 years’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane on Sept 16.
The 45-year-old man had earlier pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual penetration of a minor.
Another 12 charges for sexual offences against the same victim were considered during sentencing.
The incidents started in 2022, when the victim was 14 years old and the man was her physical education teacher.
He cannot be named owing to a gag order to protect the identity of the victim, who is now 18.
In sentencing the man, High Court Judge Kwek Mean Luck agreed with prosecutors that the offences were premeditated.
The judge noted that the man took steps to convince the victim to “hang out” in a hotel room, where he caressed her and hugged her to sleep.
After getting her comfortable being with him in a hotel room, the man made five more bookings for hotel rooms over the next three months.
“He exploited these opportunities alone with the victim to commit numerous sexual offences against her,” said Kwek.
The judge also agreed with the prosecution that the man tried to conceal his offences by entering and leaving the hotel rooms separately, among other ways.
In 2022, the man and the girl followed each other on Instagram. He also started chatting with her about books and writing, which she was passionate about.
At the time, he had 18 years of experience as a teacher.
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