Jotham Lee Jing, 37-years-old, pleaded guilty to a count of intentionally observing the victim doing a private act without her consent.
Lee had reportedly followed a teenager and her boyfriend to a toilet at Holland Village and peeped at them performing a sex act.
Another charge was considered during sentencing, and he was fined $6,500 on Tuesday (18 May).
What happened?
On 28 August 2020, at about 11pm, Lee was at Holland Village.
At the 12.50am on 29 August, he was opposite the road from a hawker centre when he noticed the 18-year-old girl with her boyfriend going into a women’s toilet at Block 10 Lorong Mambong.
He then decided to follow them because he wanted to peep at what they were doing.
Lee then entered the toilet after the couple had entered one of the cublicles and locked the door.
He went into a cubicle beside theirs’ and squatted down on one knee, lowering his head and peeking into their cubicle.
He then saw the victim performing a sexual act, which the prosecutor said that she had reasonable expectation of privacy.
The girl then notice’s Lee’s phone camera facing her and went out of her cubicle to knock on Lee’s cubicle door.
Lee remained hidden in the cubicle, but he eventually opened the door and tried to escape.
The victim then grabbed him by his shirt and the boyfriend asked to check his phone.
Lee refused but eventually surrendered his phone to them, they didn’t find any footage of themselves but asked Lee to reformat his phone, which he did.
The boyfriend then called the police and told them to “come fast” because they were trying to detain Lee in the women’s toilet.
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