Overview

• Sentence of 14 years, three months and two weeks includes jail in lieu of 15 cane strokes because offenders over 50 are exempt from caning.
• He was convicted on July 7 of one count of rape and two counts of outrage of modesty after representing himself at trial.
• Justice Aidan Xu found the victim’s testimony credible and rejected his erectile dysfunction and lack of DNA evidence defenses.
• Bail was set at S$80,000 pending appeal but his requests to remove the electronic tag and regular check-ins were denied.
• The offenses occurred on October 28, 2021, when he led the 11-year-old into the back of his Jurong West shop and forced her to perform oral sex.