Jail for man who molested woman with mild intellectual disability, schizophrenia
Zaini Ahat committed the offence in a Housing Board flat in December 2025.
A man, Zaini Ahat, 57, has been jailed for one year, seven months and six weeks for the molestation of a woman with mild intellectual disability and schizophrenia. According to prosecutors, the victim was unable to provide consent due to her conditions, as she could not differentiate between sexual, affectionate or caretaking forms of touch and lacked the mental capacity to understand the nature of the acts being performed upon her.
Zaini was caught after her brother accessed CCTV footage from outside their Housing Board flat and witnessed him entering the woman's home. The brother then alerted the police, who arrived at the scene and witnessed the incident. The deputy public prosecutor argued for a sentence of one year and seven months in jail, with an additional six weeks in lieu of three canings, which Zaini cannot receive due to his age.
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