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SINGAPORE \u2013 A 42-year-old man who <\/p>\n

stalked an intoxicated woman around Holland Village <\/p>\n

<\/a>for nearly an hour and raped her after offering to drive her home was sentenced on Nov 24 to 15 years\u2019 jail and 12 strokes of the cane. <\/p>\n

Dhanabalan Fok Jin Jin was also ordered to pay more than $18,500 in compensation to the victim for the bills she incurred for therapy and antidepressants over the past four years.<\/p>\n

Fok\u2019s lawyer had argued that his client, a technician with an average take-home pay of about $6,600 a month, was unable to pay the sum as he is married with a child and is looking after his parents.<\/p>\n

This cut no ice with High Court Judge Valerie Thean, who noted that Fok drove a Mercedes C180 and had tenants in his flat, which suggested he had an additional stream of income. <\/p>\n

If Fok does not pay the compensation sum, he will have to serve another four months\u2019 jail.<\/p>\n

Fok had <\/p>\n

claimed trial to a rape charge in July<\/p>\n

<\/a>, contending that the victim had consensual sex with him. <\/p>\n

He was convicted on Sept 22, after the judge found that the victim was unable to consent due to intoxication and did not consent to sex with him.<\/p>\n

In sentencing Fok on Nov 24, Justice Thean noted that his offence was premeditated. <\/p>\n

She noted that Fok, together with his friend Lee Kit, had followed the victim and her friend in anticipation of an opportunity to exploit her inability to resist.<\/p>\n

Lee testified during the trial that after the victim\u2019s friend fell off a bench at a bus stop, Fok told him: \u201cLet\u2019s go. Can go approach them already.\u201d <\/p>\n

Fok\u2019s version of events was that he approached the victim because a passer-by had called for help, though he was unable to identify the moment that he was called over when shown surveillance footage.<\/p>\n

Justice Thean also considered that severe harm was caused to the victim, who was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and mixed depressive and anxiety disorder.<\/p>\n

The victim moved to a different apartment within the same condominium complex after the rape, the judge noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fok\u2019s lawyer, Mr Ramesh Tiwary, told the court that his client would be filing an appeal.<\/p>\n

On the night of Jan 30, 2021, the victim celebrated her birthday with six friends at a restaurant in Dempsey Hill before they went to a bar at Holland Village, where she had at least three glasses of margaritas and two shots of tequila.<\/p>\n

When the bar closed, the group planned to continue the party at one of their homes.<\/p>\n

The victim and one of the friends were unsuccessful at booking a ride.<\/p>\n

The two women ended up at a bus stop adjacent to the Holland Village MRT station. A taxi stopped but the driver would not take them because they were drunk. <\/p>\n

After the friend fell off the bench, the two men went over and offered to drive them home, which the victim accepted. <\/p>\n

During the drive, the two women threw up, and Fok took a photo of them passed out in the backseat.<\/p>\n

It was not disputed that while they were in the victim\u2019s apartment, Fok had sex with her while Lee carried out a sex act on her.<\/p>\n

The victim\u2019s friend, who was lying on the same bed, was not sexually assaulted.<\/p>\n

After the two men left the victim\u2019s home in Fok\u2019s car, they discussed whether they might get into trouble with the police.<\/p>\n

Fok then realised he had left his mobile phone at the woman\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

The duo returned to the condo and tried to persuade the victim to hand over the phone. She called the police, and the two men were arrested.<\/p>\n

Deputy Public Prosecutor Ivan Chua sought a sentence of 17 to 18 years\u2019 jail and 18 strokes, arguing that the victim\u2019s life has been shattered.<\/p>\n

He said Fok exploited the victim\u2019s vulnerability in pursuit of his own sexual fantasy, and instigated Lee to do the same. <\/p>\n

Mr Tiwary sought 12 to 14 years and 12 strokes of the cane.<\/p>\n

Lee was sentenced in March 2024 to 20 months\u2019 jail and four strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to molesting the victim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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