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SINGAPORE \u2013 After repeatedly asking his flatmate to be in a relationship with him, a man barged into her room naked and raped her the month that he moved in, in January 2023.<\/p>\n
On Nov 4, 2026, Keivan Motallebi, 34, an Iranian national, was sentenced to 10 years\u2019 jail and six strokes of the cane.<\/p>\n
He pleaded guilty to a charge of rape committed against the victim, who was then 26 years old.<\/p>\n
When prosecutors highlighted that his crime was aggravated because the victim was raped in the unit she regarded as her home, Motallebi, who did not have a lawyer, responded that he also lived there.<\/p>\n
In sentencing, High Court Judge Mavis Chionh said it was beside the point that he lived in the same flat.<\/p>\n
Justice Chionh noted that a sexual assault committed in a victim\u2019s own home is considered aggravating because the home is where a person is entitled to feel the most secure.<\/p>\n
The court was told that the victim, a foreigner, came to Singapore in 2021 for work, and rented a room in a three-bedroom unit.<\/p>\n
In January 2023, Motallebi moved in and stayed in the master bedroom with the female landlord.<\/p>\n
Later that month, he asked the victim to have a chat with him in the living room. He then asked her to be in a relationship with him after she told him she was single.<\/p>\n
She replied that she needed time to consider, and returned to her room, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Rimplejit Kaur.<\/p>\n
On Jan 31, 2023, after the victim returned home, Motallebi approached her and again asked her to be in a relationship with him.<\/p>\n
When she was back in her room, she heard a knock, and saw him standing outside naked.<\/p>\n
She tried to close the door, but he pushed his way into the room and pinned her down on her bed.<\/p>\n
The victim repeatedly told him she did not want to have sex with him, but he raped her.<\/p>\n
After the assault, he apologised to her.<\/p>\n
She made a police report on Feb 1, 2023, and Motallebi was arrested that day.<\/p>\n
Pleading for leniency on Nov 4, he told the court: \u201cI\u2019m very sorry. I wish I could change the past, but I cannot do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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