From April 2015 to August 2017, a 20-year-old Singaporean male committed a total of 68 sexual offences against 19 female victims, most of whom were underaged.

On June 12, 2020, Muhammad Anddy Faizul Mohd Eskah pleaded guilty to nine charges of aggravated statutory rape, rape and sexual assault by penetration.

59 other charges were also taken into consideration before he was sentenced to 22 years of jail and 24 strokes of the cane.

Committed sexual offences against at least nine victims between 2015 and May 2016

In 2015, the police first investigated Anddy for committing sexual offences against two minors - A and B.

Anddy had even impregnated B, who eventually gave birth to a daughter.

However, before investigations concluded and any action could be taken against him, Anddy had gone on the run.

On May 9, 2016, Anddy was arrested after more police reports related to sexual offences surfaced.

By that time, Anddy had already committed offences against at least nine victims, according to court documents.

These sexual offences were a mix of consensual and non-consensual sexual acts against multiple female victims, most of whom were minors.

Anddy typically initiated contact with his victims via platforms such as Facebook or Whatsapp; and obtained compromising photographs and videos to blackmail them sexually.

On multiple occasions, Anddy's victims gave in to his sexual demands as they were afraid that he would circulate their nude photographs and videos online.

On separate occasions, Anddy would also use physical force to get his victims to comply with his demands.

Committed sexual offences against 10 more victims after release on bail

After Anddy was released on bail on August 10, 2016, he proceeded to commit sexual offences against 10 more victims.

For this set of offences, Anddy disguised himself as a law student and approached victims online, mostly via Facebook.

He pretended to be a "middleman" who was recruiting highly-paid social escorts for wealthy clients when he spoke to these victims but posed as a paying customer when he met them.

By deceit or force, Anddy got his victims to submit to his sexual demands.

Anddy also recorded videos and took photographs of his sexual activity with his victims while they were unaware.

He then used these compromising materials to threaten them.

On August 22, 2017, Anddy was re-arrested by the police after an ambush was conducted in the vicinity of his home in Bedok North.

He has since remained in remand and has been assessed by the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) to pose a high risk of sexual reoffending.

Underwent three psychiatric assessments in IMH

As a serial offender, Anddy had undergone a total of three psychiatric assessments by IMH psychiatrists in the course of police investigations.

In 2016, he was first assessed by doctor Jaydip Sarkar in relation to sexual offences committed against the first five victims as identified by the police.

Anddy initially denied using coercive means on his victims.

However, he later conceded to that he threatened the victims with sex videos, nude photographs and sensitive personal information.

According to Anddy’s ex-girlfriend at the time, he would also "pester" or "scare" his female friends into having sex with him.

He did this by recording videos of them and threatening to show these videos to others.

At that stage, Sarkar stated that Anddy did not suffer from any mental disorder, personality disorder, or intellectual disability.

He was also assessed to be fit to plead.

Additionally, Anddy was not diagnosed with any sexual perversions, such as paedophilia, as he was under 17 back then and his victims were less than five years younger than him.

Diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder, at high risk of sexual reoffending

In 2017, Anddy was once again assessed by Sarkar in relation to the sexual offences he had committed after his release on bail in November 2016.

Anddy told Sarkar that one of the impetuses to his repeated sexual offences was "the lack of any punitive or legal consequences to his myriad offences". He said that he "expected the worst" but was shocked that he was let off with "just a warning" which made him feel that what he was doing "was not serious", the court documents stated.

Anddy was then diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder based on how he used deception, exploitation, and had a psychological desire to control the victim, either physically or psychologically.

Sarkar also observed an escalating pattern of sexual offending suggestive of thrill-seeking within these offences.

Sarkar added that such features are generally seen in persons with psychopathy, a personality trait that is characterised by "superficial charm, pathological lying, lack of empathy, callous unemotionality, and manipulativeness".

These psychological traits made Anddy pose an imminent and serious risk of reoffending in the future if he was not treated within a custodial setting.

In 2019, Anddy underwent a final assessment at IMH by another doctor Jerome Goh.

This was after police investigations had concluded and the charges to be tendered against him in court were finalised.

Goh confirmed that Anddy has Antisocial Personality Disorder.

He observed that Anddy had a "pervasive failure to conform to lawful behaviour and repeatedly committed offences even while he was on court bail".

Anddy was also "repeatedly deceitful and manipulated his victims for his own ends".

In a follow up-report, Goh also assessed that Anddy's risk of sexual reoffending is high.

Judge: "One of the most shocking and horrific criminal cases involving sexual offenders that have come before courts"

According to Yahoo, Justice Chan Seng Oon called Anddy's case "one of the most shocking and horrific criminal cases involving sexual offenders that have come before the courts."

He also advised Anddy to address his sexual misdemeanour in prison and change for the better:

"You are approaching 21 years old. You have many years ahead of you. You have been diagnosed to have a high risk of reoffending. You have a serious problem in trying to control sexual urges and your attitude towards feminine gender. In prison you can seek help to address these issues, somehow change, and resolve your lack of control and personality disorder."

Chan took Anddy's age into account during sentencing and considered defence lawyer Henry's Lim argument that Anddy was "maladjusted" and did not receive proper "guidance and mentorship" from his parents, who got divorced in 2000.

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