SINGAPORE – A 44-year-old man who sexually abused two biological daughters and two stepdaughters was sentenced to 16½ years’ jail and 22 strokes of the cane on Oct 8.
The sexual assaults took place over 15 years, between 2008 and 2023.
He committed his most serious offences against a stepdaughter, molesting her when she was five to seven years old and then raping her when she was eight to nine years old.
He also performed a lewd act on himself within her sight and while looking at her.
A video of this incident, which the girl recorded, eventually led to the man’s arrest in 2024.
On Oct 8, he pleaded guilty to three charges – one of aggravated statutory rape and two of aggravated outrage of modesty. Seven other charges were considered during sentencing. He cannot be named because of a gag order to protect the victims’ identities.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Sean Teh told the High Court that the man has eight children across three marriages.
The first known victim is the man’s stepdaughter from his first marriage.
In 2008, when he was married to his second wife, he entered the girl’s bedroom and molested her.
The victim, who was then 12 to 13 years old, did not lodge a police report at the time as her mother did not believe her allegation, which led her to fear that the police would not believe her either.
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