Paedophile who sexually abused 11 girls, including his own daughter and granddaughters, gets jail
The judge noted that the jail term should not be crushing or amount to a life sentence for the 71-year-old man, who suffers from a rare blood cancer called myelofibrosis.
A 71-year-old Singaporean man, diagnosed with a rare blood cancer, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for sexually abusing 11 girls over a 33-year period. The victims ranged in age from five to 15, and included his daughter, granddaughters, nieces, and students at an enrichment centre he operated. The judge, Justice Mavis Chionh, noted that the sentence should not be overly harsh or life-imprisonment for the man, who suffers from myelofibrosis.
She rejected the prosecution's call for a longer sentence, stating it was disproportionate to his overall criminality. However, she agreed that his crimes were "particularly heinous" and his offending continued even after being previously imprisoned.
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