S’porean man, 20, attempted to film older sister showering on 2 occasions, gets 18 months’ probation

A 20-year-old Singaporean man was sentenced to 18 months of supervised probation following two incidents where he attempted to film his older sister showering. In court, he pleaded guilty to two counts of voyeurism. The sentencing came on August 17, 2024, with additional conditions including a curfew, 40 hours of community service, living with his paternal aunt, and attending a therapy program. The man and incident locations remain undisclosed due to a gag order protecting the victim's privacy.

In court documents, the man and his sister lived together in a shared family home. On July 9, 2024, at around 9:53 pm, she was showering in the common toilet when he entered the service yard of their flat with a frosted window and recorded a 19-second video. The video was black but captured the audio of his sister showering. Minutes later, he took a 47-second video from a small opening in the window louvre but did not capture her showering as she saw the phone and responded with screams and shouts.

The following day, July 12, 2024, between midnight and 1 am, the man tried again. He extended his phone through a small opening in the window louvre. When his sister noticed the phone and screamed twice, he was arrested on the same day, and his phone was seized. The prosecution argued that his multiple attempts to film his sister during an act of privacy indicated premeditation rather than a single lapse of judgment.

The court also highlighted the man's father's limited ability to guide him and his history of minor offenses. In 2021, he attended a six-month diversionary program for youth offenders, received four warnings for failing to attend individual sessions without valid reasons, and had prior warnings for theft with common intention in 2018 and mischief with common intention in 2023. The prosecution concluded that reformative training would provide the necessary intervention while maintaining a deterrent element.