Sobbing in court, the 52-year-old man insisted on victim-blaming claims that were rejected by the prosecution.
cards interface. Give it a try.SINGAPORE: A 52-year-old man was jailed for 18 years on Thursday for sexually abusing his daughter over a period of two years, from when she was 12.
The offender did not have a lawyer. He broke down and cried during the hearing, at times sobbing audibly from the dock and wiping his face with his prison uniform. The court heard that the man was working as a technician when the offences were committed from 2019 to 2021. He lived with the victim, her two brothers, and the victim's mother.
This happened again around Oct 1, 2019. The victim went home after finishing her last Primary School Leaving Examination paper, and baked muffins to destress. In 2021, he also sent her a pornographic video, which she downloaded and watched before realising what it was. She was very angry and deleted the video.
However, she feared reporting the abuse as her father had a hot temper and she was afraid he might scold or hit her. She also believed people would think badly of her. A doctor at the Institute of Mental Health assessed that the offender was a paedophile, and found him fit to plead. Deputy Public Prosecutors David Koh and Alexandria Shamini Joseph sought 18 to 21 years' imprisonment, with the sentence to include a year's jail in lieu of 24 strokes of the cane.
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