SINGAPORE — A 22-year-old male was sentenced to 15 months and 4 weeks' jail on Tuesday (June 20) after pleading guilty in January this year to nine sexual related offences which included sending images of his private part to female victims that were aged between 11 and 15 years old.
SINGAPORE — A 22-year-old man was sentenced to 15 months and four weeks' jail on Tuesday for sending images of his private parts to girls who were between 11 and 15 years old that he contacted through WhatsApp and Instagram.
Feeling angry, she left the cinema. Teo apologised for his actions before offering to take her home in a taxi. He also sent her a screen recording of the conversation he had with the sister about the nude photos. He contacted a few victims aged 12 to 14 at the time and variously sent them sexually explicit messages and photos of his genitalia.Teo was arrested at his home on Jan 24 in 2021 after the police report was made against him and officers found a thumb-drive during a raid of his home that contained 502 pornographic videos.
District Judge Kessler Soh disagreed with the defence, stating that probation is not an appropriate sentence given the severity of Teo's offences.
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