Soh Hwee Qing, 26-year-old, pleaded guilty to two counts of committing an obscene act in public with a child, and a count of procuring the commission of an obscene act by a child.
He molested an 11-year-old girl in a cinema, and he got her to send him nude pictures of herself.
Soh was sentenced to 9 months jail yesterday (2 June).
Two other charges of sending pictures of his private parts to the victim, as well as a video of himself performing a sexual act were considered during sentencing.
The now-13-year-old victim cannot be named due to a gag order to protect her identity.
What happened?
Soh met the victim through a mobile game in December 2018 and he asked her to be his girlfriend a few months later, fully knowing that she was younger than 12.
The girl agreed and the two would engage in sexual conversations time and again.
From December 2018 to April 2019, Soh asked her to send him nude photos of herself after sending her pictures of his private parts.
The girl was reluctant but eventually relented after Soh persisted.
The two then met for their first and only meeting at AMK Hub to watch a movie and have lunch in March 2019.
Inside the movie hall, Soh touched the victim’s private parts over her clothes three to 4 times.
The victim felt uncomfortable and unwilling, looking at him when he touched her, but she did not know how to stop him.
Soh would stop for a while then continue.
Soh then placed the girl’s hands over his pants for about 5 minutes and the girl didn’t pull her hand away as she was scared.
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