A 20-year-old man was sentenced on 6 December to one year of detention in a reformative training centre after pleading guilty to 4 charges of s-xual penetration of a minor last month.
Another 15 charges were considered for his sentencing, including theft for stealing soft toys from a claw machine.
What happened?
In November 2019, the man, who worked as a sales promoter, met his first victim, a 14-year-old girl who ran away from a children’s home, at a shopping mall.
The two started dating and they had intercourse at his friend’s home.
The man then befriended his second victim, a 13-year-old girl on Instagram and they met at a playground in November 2019 as well, where they kissed and hugged before they engaged in explicit acts at a car park nearby.
The man met his third victim through Instagram and proposed a “friends with benefits” arrangement with the 14-year-old girl – he met and slept with her at a Geylang hotel without wearing “protection”.
The truth came to light when the first victim confided in a youth guidance officer, the second by a teacher who noticed her behaving abnormally and the third made a police report in August 2020.