The 14-year-old confronted Abdul Karim Syed Musgooth immediately and pulled down his mask to see his face.
New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE: After asking his wife to head off first after grocery shopping at a mall, an unemployed man molested a 14-year-old girl who was in her school uniform.
In a judgment made available on Wednesday , District Judge Brenda Tan gave her reasons for convicting the man, who had contested the charge and was represented by lawyers under the Criminal Legal Aid scheme.The girl was in Secondary 2 on the day of the incident on Sep 30, 2020. She went to Clementi Mall in her uniform after school.
When he was overtaking the victim on a walkway, he molested the girl's buttock. The girl testified that she felt five fingertips squeezing her and she was in shock. According to Abdul Karim's wife, the victim said:"No, this is my problem. What do you know? I will go to the police about this." Abdul Karim was shown footage of the molestation, but said the video did not show him squeezing the victim's buttock.District Judge Brenda Tan found the victim an unusually convincing witness who testified clearly about the offence.