<\/p>\n took place at home and in a van parked at cemeteries<\/p>\n
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The girl told her mother about the abuse\u00a0in December 2021, but the woman chose to believe the man when he denied that he had assaulted the girl.<\/p>\n
In sentencing, Justice Aidan Xu considered the harm caused to a very young victim and that the man had taken advantage of his relationship with the girl\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n
However, the judge added that it was not necessary to impose additional jail time in lieu of caning.<\/p>\n
The man cannot be caned as he is more than 50 years old.<\/p>\n
Deputy Public Prosecutor Tay Jia En had sought 22 to 24 years\u2019 jail, and 12 months\u2019 jail in lieu of the maximum 24 strokes of the cane. <\/p>\n
The prosecutor said the man\u2019s actions have impacted the victim\u2019s relationship with her mother and brother.<\/p>\n
DPP Tay noted that the victim was especially affected by her own mother\u2019s refusal to believe her \u2013 she had plucked up the courage to disclose the man\u2019s acts but felt betrayed when her mother chose to believe the man rather than her own daughter.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor added that the man had brazenly continued assaulting the victim even after he had been confronted by the victim\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n
The man\u2019s lawyer, Mr Teo Choo Kee, asked for not more than 20 years\u2019 jail, and six months\u2019 jail in lieu of caning.<\/p>\n
The man, who is stateless but was born in Singapore, faced four counts of sexual assault by penetration, two counts of outrage of modesty and one count of sexual exploitation of a child.<\/p>\n
He was found guilty of all seven charges on Jan 19 following a trial that began in April 2025. <\/p>\n
The man lived with the victim, her mother and younger brother in a one-room rental flat.<\/p>\n
The children shared a mattress in the living room, while their mother and the man slept in the bedroom.<\/p>\n
The victim testified that in February 2021, she woke up to the man touching her under her clothes as he sat on the edge of the mattress.<\/p>\n
She also testified about the various occasions in a rented\u00a0van\u00a0when he committed sex acts on her and made her perform a sex act on him.<\/p>\n
The couple would drive the\u00a0van\u00a0to cemeteries at odd hours for work, with the victim and her brother accompanying them.<\/p>\n
The offences finally came to light after the victim broke down and told her older half-sister about the assaults.<\/p>\n
This led the victim\u2019s father to take her to make a police report on Feb 3, 2022.<\/p>\n
The man was arrested and released on bail the next day. <\/p>\n
He was not granted bail after he was charged in court on June 15, 2023.<\/p>\n
During the trial, the man claimed that he could not have abused the girl in February 2021 because he moved in only in April that year. <\/p>\n
He also claimed that he had no opportunity to commit the offences in the\u00a0van.<\/p>\n
In convicting the man on Jan 19, 2026, Justice Xu said the man could not be believed as there were material inconsistencies between his court testimony and his account in his video-recorded statements to the police.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the girl\u2019s testimony was clear, detailed and sufficient to convict the man, said the judge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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