SINGAPORE — She experienced a troubled childhood, staying in multiple homes before and after her parents divorced when she was aged 8.
Her father had begun sexually assaulting her by then. She did not dare to tell her mother, who was physically and verbally abusive towards her, until several years after the last assault, when she also began confiding in her closest friends.
The prosecution did not ask for additional jail time in lieu of caning. Those aged 50 or above cannot be caned under Singapore’s laws.The court heard that the victim was an only child. She frequently shifted homes during her childhood, especially after her parents divorced in 2010. However, she did not understand the nature and significance of the sexual acts which she engaged in at her father’s behest, DPP Uthrapathy said.He first sexually abused her in 2007 when she was aged around four to five years old. They were alone in their Clementi flat at the time.
When her mother scolded her for not telling her about this sooner, she replied that she had only recently learned about sexual acts and did not previously understand why her father asked her to perform the obscene acts on him.The following year, she confided in her boyfriend about the abuse. He advised her to lodge a police report, but she said she did not want her father to kick her out of their home.
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