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Man gets 15 years’ jail, caning for drunken ‘senseless’ killing of 71-year-old man in Serangoon

The victim died 10 days later from severe head injuries.

In 2008, a 13-year-old girl, referred to as V2 in court documents, was sexually abused by her stepfather for the first time. Her mother did not believe her claims and feared that the police would not believe her either, leading to V2 not reporting the abuse. V2 later sought help from a child protection officer in March 2024, reporting the abuse which had occurred from 2008 to 2023.

The perpetrator, a 44-year-old Singaporean man, also molested four of his biological children - V1, V3, V4, and V5 - between 2008 and 2023. He pleaded guilty to one charge of aggravated statutory rape and two charges of aggravated molestation, facing a potential sentence of up to 20 years and 12 canings. The court emphasized the troubling nature of sexual offences in the family context, as they often involve abuse of position, breach of trust, and may cause lasting psychological harm to the victims.

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