28/06/2022

Record 45 years’ jail for Singapore Child sex offender

Update 19 Dec 2022: Should Rapists above 50 yrs old be spared caning?
Rapists above 50 years old should not be spared caning, says President Halimah Yacob

President Halimah Yacob on Monday (Dec 19) suggested that rapists aged 50 or older should not be spared caning, in a Facebook post expressing her dismay at recent cases of children being raped in their own homes. Under Singapore's Penal Code, a convicted rapist can be jailed up to 20 years and fined or caned. Those 50 years old and above cannot be sentenced to caning, but can be imprisoned longer in lieu of corporal punishment.

On Monday, Madam Halimah brought up the idea again, writing in a Facebook post: "Rapists should not be spared the cane just because they are fifty years old. It’s ironic that they could escape from the pain caused by caning despite the lifetime of severe trauma and irreparable damage that they cruelly inflicted on their victims which will last a lifetime. "In some cases, the rapes were committed earlier but reported only after the perpetrator reached fifty years old. It’s timely that we review this law," she added. "It’s our duty to protect our young and we must not fail them."

Last week, CNA reported a case of a 54-year-old man who was sentenced to jail for molesting his daughter repeatedly from when she was 10 years old. In November, a man admitted to trying to rape his four-year-old daughter twice, while another father went on trial for allegedly grooming his daughter over eight years before raping her when she was 12. "I find the recent spate of cases involving rapes of children in their own homes by their male relatives highly disturbing and sickening," Madam Halimah said. "We need to better protect our children from such sexual predators."


‘Tutor’ who raped, sexually abused 8 children in ‘exceptionally sickening’ case
The perpetrator claimed selective memory loss and that he heard voices occasionally asking him to perform sexual acts on the victims. — TODAY pic

Over a span of 16 years, a man sexually preyed upon children with learning or physical disabilities by posing as a qualified educational therapist to gain their parents’ trust. Today, the Singaporean, now aged 54, was sentenced in the High Court to 45 years’ jail — the longest sentence ever meted out here for sexual offences, prosecutors said.

Justice Ang Cheng Hock described it as an “exceptionally sickening sexual abuse”, with the prosecution branding it “one of the worst cases of paedophilic sexual abuse that has come before the courts”. The man’s offences came to light only by accident in 2018 when a woman bought his old laptop. Several obscene photos and videos, showing him sexually assaulting the victims, were automatically imported from a cloud drive into the laptop. He later admitted to investigators that he would watch child abuse material online and wanted to “try” the same on real-life subjects. He has since been diagnosed with paedophilic disorder. Two of his eight victims were only five years old when he began raping them. This typically took place in their own homes, his home or in public locations such as toilet cubicles in malls.

He pleaded guilty to six counts of aggravated rape. Another 80 charges — including sexual exploitation of a minor, molestation and attempted aggravated rape — were taken into consideration for sentencing. He cannot be named due to a court order imposed to protect the identities of his victims, who were aged between five and 13 at the time of his offences from 2002 to May 2018. He was aged between 35 and 50 at the time. He also dated the mother of two of his victims, whom he met while volunteering at a cultural dance group from 1998 to 2004. The man will be 80 if he is released from prison upon being granted one-third remission for good behaviour.


Singapore man who preyed on disabled children jailed for record 45 years in ‘exceptionally sickening’ case

A man who posed as a therapist to rape disabled children as young as five in what prosecutors described as “one of the worst cases of paedophilic sexual abuse” ever heard by a Singapore court has been jailed for a record 45 years. The 54-year-old, who cannot be named due to a court order imposed to protect the identities of his eight victims, pleaded guilty on Monday to six counts of aggravated rape. Another 80 charges – including sexual exploitation of a minor, molestation and attempted aggravated rape – were taken into consideration for sentencing.

Prosecutors told the court that the man committed his crimes over the span of 16 years, including from 2005 to 2018 when he worked as a part-time tutor to “gain access to a ready pool of children”. He had previously volunteered as the chairman of a youth executive committee and helped to teach a cultural dance group, where he met the mother of two of his victims – a woman he later went on to date for some eight years, during which time he repeatedly assaulted her son and daughter.

Almost half the charges against the man – 38 in total – related to his abuse of a girl aged between six and nine who needed speech therapy. The court heard how he had claimed to be an educational therapist to win the trust of her family, but instead of helping the girl he sexually assaulted her multiple times over a period of three years. Some of the girl’s soft toys later tested positive for his semen. Police were only alerted to the man’s crimes in 2018, after a woman bought his old laptop and discovered a cache of obscene photos and videos that were automatically downloaded onto the device from a cloud drive.


Record 45 years' jail for 'tutor' who raped, sexually abused 8 children in 'exceptionally sickening' case

Over a span of 16 years, a man sexually preyed upon children with learning or physical disabilities by posing as a qualified educational therapist to gain their parents’ trust. On Monday (June 27), the Singaporean, now aged 54, was sentenced in the High Court to 45 years’ jail — the longest sentence ever meted out here for sexual offences, prosecutors said.

Justice Ang Cheng Hock described it as an “exceptionally sickening sexual abuse”, with the prosecution branding it “one of the worst cases of paedophilic sexual abuse that has come before the courts”. The man’s offences came to light only by accident in 2018 when a woman bought his old laptop. Several obscene photos and videos, showing him sexually assaulting the victims, were automatically imported from a cloud drive into the laptop.

He later admitted to investigators that he would watch child abuse material online and wanted to “try” the same on real-life subjects. He has since been diagnosed with paedophilic disorder. Two of his eight victims were only five years old when he began raping them. This typically took place in their own homes, his home or in public locations such as toilet cubicles in malls. He pleaded guilty to six counts of aggravated rape. Another 80 charges — including sexual exploitation of a minor, molestation and attempted aggravated rape — were taken into consideration for sentencing.

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'Extensive and sickening': Man jailed 45 years for sex offences against 8 children

A man was on Monday (Jun 27) sentenced to 45 years' jail for committing sex offences against eight children, some of whom had learning difficulties. The 54-year-old man cannot be named to protect the identities of the victims.

His offences came to light in 2018 when a woman who bought his laptop found photos and videos of the man sexually assaulting various children. The man pleaded guilty to six charges of aggravated rape against three victims, then aged five to nine. They were among eight victims he preyed on between 2002 and 2018. Eighty other charges involving sex offences against children and making and possessing obscene films were considered for sentencing.

The offender had a history of watching pornography, including child sexual abuse material, on the Internet. "(He) admitted that he found child sexual abuse material interesting and that he wanted to 'try' the same on real-life subjects," said Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Ong. "This is one of the worst cases of paedophilic sexual abuse that has come before the courts," said the prosecutor, describing the man's crimes as "extensive and sickening".

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Tutor jailed 45 years for sexually abusing 8 kids, including some with special needs
The man will be 80 when he is released from prison, if he is given the usual one-third remission for good behaviour. PHOTO: ST FILE

A 54-year-old man who sexually abused multiple children with learning or physical disabilities after offering to tutor them was sentenced to 45 years' jail on Monday (June 27). The prison term handed down to the man - who lied to the victims' parents that he was a qualified educational therapist - is the longest imposed here for sexual offences.

In a case described by prosecutors as the "worst case of sexual offending against pre-pubescent children", the man admitted sexually abusing a total of eight victims over a period of 16 years, from 2002 to 2018. He pleaded guilty to six charges of aggravated rape committed against three of the victims. Two of the girls were five years old when they were raped, while the third was eight. The man recorded videos of numerous attacks, which lasted for as long as 17 minutes. Another 80 charges were taken into consideration during sentencing. They include various sexual offences committed against the seven girls and a boy when they were between the ages of five and 13.

The man cannot be named owing to a gag order, as he was in a relationship with the mother of one of the victims. The offences came to light only after he sold his laptop in June 2018, and the buyer lodged a police report after finding obscene images in the device.


Singapore's heaviest punishment for sex offences ever for man who raped and filmed multiple children

A 54-year-old man who sexually abused multiple children with learning or physical disabilities after offering to tutor them was sentenced to 45 years' jail on Monday (June 27).

The prison term handed down to the man — who lied to victims' parents that he was a qualified educational therapist — is the longest imposed here for sexual offences.

In a case described by prosecutors as the "worst case of sexual offending against prepubescent children", he admitted sexually abusing a total of eight victims.


'One of the worst rape cases': 33 years 2 months' jail for man who molested, raped 4 young daughters
A man sexually preyed on four of his five daughters over 14 years. Some of them turned up in court at his sentencing and were in tears after the hearing was over

A 45-year-old man who repeatedly sexually abused his daughters, which a judge said was "one of the worst cases" of rape and sexual assault to come before the courts, was jailed 33 years and two months and given 24 strokes of the cane in the High Court on Friday (March 18).

Also among his slew of crimes was physically abusing his wife and children, including his younger son. The court also heard how he starved some of his children for almost a week as punishment for not doing household chores to his satisfaction. He sexually preyed on and molested four of his five daughters over 14 years, raping three of the girls until they reported him to the police.

High Court judge Tan Siong Thye said: "He destroyed the cherished values of (his victims') sanctuary and turned their home into a living hell. He caused unimaginable misery and untold torment for years." Before the man was finally arrested on Nov 17 in 2018, he worked as a freelance camp instructor for children’s adventure camps. His sentence was backdated to his date of arrest. He cannot be named due to a court order to protect the identities of his victims. Some of them turned up in court and were in tears after the hearing was over.

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Child sexual abuse

Child sexual abuse, also called child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual abuse include engaging in sexual activities with a child (whether by asking or pressuring, or by other means), indecent exposure (of the genitals, female nipples, etc), child grooming, and child sexual exploitation, including using a child to produce child pornography.

Child sexual abuse can occur in a variety of settings, including home, school, or work (in places where child labor is common). Child marriage is one of the main forms of child sexual abuse; UNICEF has stated that child marriage "represents perhaps the most prevalent form of sexual abuse and exploitation of girls". The effects of child sexual abuse can include depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, complex post-traumatic stress disorder, propensity to further victimization in adulthood, and physical injury to the child, among other problems. Sexual abuse by a family member is a form of incest and can result in more serious and long-term psychological trauma, especially in the case of parental incest. The global prevalence of child sexual abuse has been estimated at 19.7% for females and 7.9% for males. Most sexual abuse offenders are acquainted with their victims; approximately 30% are relatives of the child, most often brothers, fathers, uncles, or cousins; around 60% are other acquaintances, such as "friends" of the family, babysitters, or neighbors; strangers are the offenders in approximately 10% of child sexual abuse cases. Most child sexual abuse is committed by men; studies on female child molesters show that women commit 14% to 40% of offenses reported against boys and 6% of offenses reported against girls.

The word pedophile is commonly applied indiscriminately to anyone who sexually abuses a child, but child sexual offenders are not pedophiles unless they have a strong sexual interest in prepubescent children. Under the law, child sexual abuse is often used as an umbrella term describing criminal and civil offenses in which an adult engages in sexual activity with a minor or exploits a minor for the purpose of sexual gratification. The American Psychological Association states that "children cannot consent to sexual activity with adults", and condemns any such action by an adult: "An adult who engages in sexual activity with a child is performing a criminal and immoral act which never can be considered normal or socially acceptable behavior.


Pedophilia

Pedophilia is an ongoing sexual attraction to pre-pubertal children. It is a paraphilia, a condition in which a person's sexual arousal and gratification depends on objects, activities, or even situations that are considered atypical. Pedophilia is defined as recurrent and intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children—generally age 13 years or younger—over a period of at least six months. Pedophiles are more often men and can be attracted to either or both sexes.

Pedophilic disorder can be diagnosed in people who are willing to disclose this paraphilia, as well as in people who deny any sexual attraction to children but demonstrate objective evidence of pedophilia. For the condition to be diagnosed, an individual must either act on their sexual urges or experience significant distress or interpersonal difficulty as a result of their urges or fantasies. Without these two criteria, a person may have pedophilic sexual desires but not pedophilic disorder. The prevalence of pedophilic disorder is unknown, as the social stigma around it does not invite people to self-identify. Estimates of its prevalence range from one to five percent of the male population. There are believed to be only a small fraction of a percent of women, if any at all, who experience pedophilia.

Pedophilic sexual offenders are usually family, friends, or relatives of their victims. The types of pedophilic activities vary, and may include just looking at a child or undressing and touching a child. However, acts often involve oral sex or touching the genitals of the child or the offender. Studies suggest that children who feel uncared for or lonely may be at higher risk for sexual abuse.


WHAT IS PEDOPHILIA AND WHO IS A PEDOPHILE?

Pedophiles are adolescent boys or girls or adult men or women who feel sexually attracted to prepubescent children (i.e. those who have not yet reached puberty). Some pedophiles are attracted only to girls, others only to boys. Some are attracted to both, and some are equally attracted to children and teenagers or adults.

Pedophilia exists everywhere, all around the world and in all environments regardless of wealth, education or religion. Just because nobody talks about it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist! No one chooses to be a pedophile, and the vast majority of pedophiles will never abuse a child.

No one is responsible for their fantasies, but everyone is responsible for their actions and their deeds. Also, any sexual act involving a child is forbidden: it is forbidden to tell children that you are in love with them, to make remarks of a suggestive nature to them, to show them a pornographic image or to show them your own sexual organs or ask to see theirs, to watch them undress, caress them, touch their private parts (pubic area, buttocks, chest), to put them on your knees when you have an erection, thereby imposing upon them your own sexual desire.


Spate of child abuse cases

A 19-year-old teenager was on Wednesday (March 2) charged in a district court with the rape of his younger sister.

His sibling was between the ages of eight and 11 when he allegedly committed the sex offences.

He faces two charges each of rape and sexual assault by penetration, one count of attempted rape and another two counts of voluntarily causing hurt to the victim.


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