SAF regular, 24, targeted & raped drunk schoolmate, lured & molested another & asked for nudes from girl, 10, he met on Tinder

He could face up to 15 years' in jail and 15 strokes of the cane.

Belmont Lay | July 27, 2021, 06:06 PM

A 24-year-old Singaporean man pleaded guilty on July 26, 2021 to rape, outrage of modesty, and procuring the commission of an indecent act by a child.

Sentenced in a month's time

The accused will be sentenced on Aug. 4.

Three other charges of sexual assault by penetration, molestation, and sexual penetration of a minor will be taken into consideration for sentencing.

He cannot be named due to a gag order imposed by the court to protect the identities of the victims.

The accused is now in remand.

Army regular

He was employed as an army regular by the Singapore Armed Forces when he was arrested.

According to court documents seen by Mothership.sg, the accused was 19 years old when he sexually violated a 15-year-old girl he met on Facebook while watching a movie in the cinema in 2015.

Facts about that incident only became known to the authorities after he was arrested for his subsequent sex crimes in the following years.

Raped schoolmate

Targeted good friend

On June 10, 2018, the accused, then 21, targeted a woman, who was his schoolmate and had just turned 22.

They had remained close friends after they left secondary school.

They met at about 8:30pm at Level Up bar for an alcohol buffet that provided free flow of beer and liquor.

The accused and victim had met for drinking sessions on a number of occasions prior to this incident.

During these drinking sessions, the woman did not consciously control her alcohol intake as she trusted the accused to take care of her if and when she got drunk.

On that occasion, the victim consumed about five or six shots of Tequila, half a cup of whiskey mixed with Coca-Cola, one cup of a mixed rum drink, and one pint of beer.

Joined by another male friend

Another male friend joined the victim and the accused at the bar at about 10pm.

They played drinking games and drank together.

Passed out

As the trio drank some more, the victim became so drunk at one point she lost her balance, falling and knocking her head on a pool table at the bar.

She subsequently vomited before losing consciousness.

The trio left the bar at or after midnight.

As the victim was still unconscious and could not walk unassisted, the accused and the friend took turns to carry her to the taxi stand.

Brought victim home

The accused told the friend that he intended to let victim rest at his home first because she had previously told him that her parents would be upset if she returned home in such an intoxicated state.

The friend decided to follow the accused to his home as it was cheaper for him to take a taxi home from there.

The three of them then boarded a private-hire vehicle and alighted near the accused’s home at about 12:55am.

The accused and friend then dragged the victim out of the vehicle and carried her to the accused’s flat.

The victim vomited at the accused’s front door, and was carried into the flat by the friend and the accused into the bedroom and placed on the bed.

The friend left the flat shortly after.

Aroused by unconscious victim

After the friend left, the accused showered before lying beside the victim on the bed.

He tried to wake her up, but she was unresponsive.

While he laid beside her, he became sexually aroused.

He positioned the victim flat on her back, before undressing her and himself completely.

He then penetrated her with his fingers and then without a condom for seven minutes.

The victim was completely unresponsive throughout this time.

Put clothes back on victim

The accused put the clothes back on to the victim and went to sleep at about 3am.

At or about 5:45am, the accused was awoken by his alarm.

He woke the victim up and gave her a glass of water.

The victim felt dizzy and saw that her blouse was tucked out and the accused was bare bodied, wearing only his boxer shorts.

Accompanied victim to take bus

Subsequently, the victim and the accused left the flat and the accused accompanied her to the bus stop, where she boarded a bus home at about 6:13am.

The accused did not reveal to the victim that he had sexual intercourse with her earlier.

Felt something amiss

As the victim was showering at her own home, she felt pain in her nether regions and realised she was bleeding.

The victim then sent a text message to the accused at 7:11am to ask if he had done anything to her when she was passed out at his flat.

At 11:13am, the accused replied that he had penetrated her with his fingers.

It was only over a phone call later that evening, that the accused admitted to the victim that he had also had sexual intercourse with her while she was unconscious.

Shocked

The victim was shocked and in distress that the accused had done something as serious as that to her.

Prior to that occasion, she trusted him as a good friend, and she felt that he had betrayed that trust by sexually assaulting her while she was heavily intoxicated, and when she was physically unable to put up any resistance.

She was a virgin prior to the sexual assault.

Sought medical attention

Worried about the events of the previous night, the victim immediately sought medical attention at a nearby clinic on June 11 afternoon.

She was referred to the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital where she was told to lodge a police report about the sexual assault prior to undergoing the medical examination.

The victim then went to Kampong Java Neighbourhood Police Centre on June 12, 2018 to lodge a police report about the sexual assault.

The victim was examined at the KKH at about 2.48am.

She subsequently tested positive for sexually transmitted diseases, gardnerella and chlamydia.


Molested another schoolmate

Three months later, on Sep. 13, 2018, a day after his 22nd birthday, the accused saw from another female friend's Instagram account that she was having relationship problems with her then-boyfriend.

He messaged the 22-year-old to ask what had happened, and if she wanted to catch up the following night.

The accused and victim were secondary school schoolmates and good friends.

She agreed to meet him to chat about her problems and they met around midnight on Sep. 15 at West Mall.

They then headed to Club Vivaa at Jalan Jurong Kechil, where they shared 3 litres of beer between them.

Molested her in bar

During the drinking session, the accused placed his left hand over the victim’s shoulder and started to touch her left breast over her clothes.

The victim pushed his hand away and told him to stop.

The accused ignored her and continued fondling her chest over her clothes multiple times.

Offered to take her to hotel

Subsequently, the accused asked the victim if she wanted to go to a hotel with him to sleep.

She rejected his offer and he offered to send her home and booked a private-hire vehicle.

Offered to send her home

The accused took the victim’s bag and boarded the car.

The victim followed the accused into the car.

After boarding, the driver asked the accused whether he was going to Geylang, and the accused said they were.

Lied to and brought to Geylang

The victim then realised that the accused was not sending her home and taking her to Geylang instead.

At that point, she told the accused that she wanted to go home, but he ignored her.

Held on to her bag

When they alighted at Geylang, the accused continued holding on to the victim’s bag and proceeded into Golden Star Hotel.

The accused then paid for a room for two hours.

The victim had no choice but to follow the accused throughout as he held on to her bag containing all her personal belongings.

Assured her he would not do anything to her

The victim then followed the accused into room after the accused assured her that he would not do anything to her.

While the victim was using the bathroom in the hotel room, the accused removed his shorts and underwear, leaving only his top on.

He intended to ask the victim to have intercourse with him.

Wanted to sleep with her

When the victim came out of the toilet at or about 3:20am, the accused led her to the bed and lay on top of her and forcefully kissed her neck and cheek.

She did not reciprocate, turning her face away from him.

He then touched her over the chest and nether regions over her clothes with his hands.

He also rubbed himself on her nether regions over her clothes.

He then grabbed her hand to touch his genitalia.

Victim resisted

Throughout this time, the victim struggled and tried to resist the accused but was unsuccessful.

When the accused tried to insert his hand under her shirt, she grabbed his hand and told him to stop.

The accused was undeterred and unbuttoned her shirt to expose her bra.

When the victim sat up and tried to button her shirt, the accused pushed her down on the bed.

He hugged her from the back and grabbed her over the chest with both hands.

He told her to let him cuddle her and grab on to her chest.

He then inserted his hand under her undergarment and grabbed her breast, resulting in skin-to-skin contact.

The victim immediately pulled his hand away and told him to stop.

Accused went to sleep

Subsequently, the accused realised that his attempts at trying to have intercourse with her were futile and went to sleep.

The victim then took the chance to leave the hotel at about 4am when the accused was sleeping.

She felt traumatised and disgusted by what the accused had done to her in the hotel room.


Solicited nude photos from child

The accused became acquainted with a 10-year-old girl on dating app Tinder in early June 2019.

The victim told him she was 11 years old.

They subsequently continued to chat on Telegram, and their conversations were largely sexual in nature even though the accused was aware of the victim's age.

Within a month, the accused dared the victim to send a nude photo of her exposed right chest.

The victim obliged and sent the photo, which was automatically deleted within 10 seconds of viewing.

Fetish for young girls

According to court documents, the accused admitted that he had a sexual fetish for young girls.

He would gratify his fetish by searching for photographs and videos of young girls on pornographic websites.

His search terms included the Chinese words for "young girl" (“小妹妹”) and "female primary school student" (女子小学生), as well as "rape young girls" (强奸妹妹).


Sexually violated 15-year-old in cinema

In the course of police investigations, the accused’s phone was seized and it was discovered that he had used his finger to penetrate a 15-year-old girl he met on Facebook some time in 2015.

The accused brought the victim to watch a movie and at the cinema.

He removed her undergarments in the cinema while she was in her school uniform.

Assessed to be mentally sound

The accused was assessed at the Institute of Mental Health to have paraphilic tendencies, but was not of unsound mind at the time of the offence against the 10-year-old child.

The accused was also assessed to not have any mental illness at the time of all his offences and was not of unsound mind.

Strong deterrence sentence sought

Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Yen Seow is seeking at least 15 years’ jail and 15 strokes of the cane.

The accused could be jailed for up to 20 years and fined or caned for committing rape in Singapore.