Chua Wee Meng, a 46-year-old man, pleaded guilty to one count of outraging the modesty of an elderly cleaner after she gave him money to buy food.
He was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment.
The victim, a 68-year-old woman who works as a part time cleaner, cannot be named due to ao gag order to protect her identity.
The incident happened on 19 June last year; the woman was waiting for the lift at a HDB block at Queenstown.
Chua approached her and asked her for $4 to buy food, to which she gave him half the amount.
Chua then molested her and asked her for money again.
The victim was shocked and refused his request, entering the lift and returning to her home.
She then told her daughter about the incident and they made a police report.
District Judge Wong said that Chua had committed the offence to an elderly woman who had “demonstrated kindness to him” and noted that the victim was shaken by the offence.