{
  "id": 7261601,
  "title": "Singapore man, 20, jailed nine years after sexual offences against three girls",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/singapore-man-20-jailed-nine-years-after-sexual-offences-against",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T06:55:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/singapore/2026/09/14/singapore-man-20-jailed-nine-years-after-sexual-offences-against-three-girls/235165"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 20-year-old man from Singapore has been sentenced to nine years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane for sexual offences against three underage girls, aged 13 and 14. The offender had previously given police statements in 2023 regarding two incidents but was not arrested until he committed another sexual offence in June 2024. He pleaded guilty to one count of rape and two counts of sexually penetrating a minor, with additional charges taken into account for sentencing. The identities of the victims and the offender remain undisclosed due to a gag order. The court documents indicate that the offender met the first victim on TikTok in September 2023 when she was 13 and later raped her after she asked him to stop. He subsequently raped the second victim at a block of flats in December 2023 and had consensual intercourse with the third victim in June 2024, after she turned 18.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}