An elderly 67-year-old man kept making advances on a maid despite being turned away constantly. The elderly man will be jailed for 4 months for repeatedly kissing and hugging the Filipino domestic helper.
At about 7 am on Feb 7 last year, the victim was washing the baby’s milk bottles in the kitchen when the placed one hand on her shoulder and another hand on her stomach, startling her. He then hugged the maid and kissed her lips, telling her that he liked and loved her.
The victim did not reciprocate, instead pushing the older man away. He left the kitchen and returned to the living room, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Jotham Tay.
Despite this, the man targeted the maid again the following week, touching her arm, hugging her and kissing her lips in her room on Feb 14, 2019.
A day after this, the victim was seated on the edge of her bed in her room feeding the baby when the elderly man returned home from went to the maid’s room and kissed her on the lips. She did not react as she was holding the baby and feeding her, but she did not consent to his actions.
The man again hugged her and kissed her lips the next day. After this, the victim told a friend what he did and reported the matter to her maid agency.
The police were alerted and the accused was subsequently arrested.