SINGAPORE – After he was arrested for filming a woman in the shower in 2024, a young man confessed to his father that he had committed sexual offences against his younger half-sister.
The father called the National Anti-Violence and Sexual Harassment Helpline (NAVH) to seek assistance, and a child protection officer later made a police report regarding the abuse.
The girl, who was between eight and nine years old when she was sexually assaulted, has the same biological father as the offender.
On Nov 11, the offender, who is now 24 years old, was sentenced to 17 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane.
He pleaded guilty to five charges: aggravated rape, aggravated sexual assault by penetration, aggravated outrage of modesty, producing child sexual abuse materials and voyeurism.
Nine other charges were considered during sentencing.
The man committed sexual offences against his sister between 2022 and 2023, when he was 19 to 20 years old.
He cannot be named due to a gag order to prevent the victims from being identified.
In sentencing, Justice Mavis Chionh said he had committed multiple offences for a period of at least one year, and that his criminal behaviour was not a one-off incident due to youthful folly.
The judge noted that the sister experienced suicidal thoughts and recurrent nightmares, and found it difficult to trust others.
The victim’s father also reported that she started peeling skin off her fingers and using vulgarities, and became more rebellious, said the judge.
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