The 18 year old was still a teenager in Secondary school when he committed multiple counts of violation on ten underaged girls.
He was then between the aged of 14 to 16 and he had met those girls through school, mutual friends or social media.
Offences first appeared on social media
He was first discovered in June 2020 to have committed the offences when his victims teamed up to exposed him on Twitter via their personal accounts.
A 17 year old girl who started the thread on Twitter had posted a photo of the boy with the caption:
“A *predator* requested to follow me on Instagram, should I expose what he did to me?”
However, the thread has now been closed.
Targeted 10 minors over two and a half years
Between July 2017 to February 2020, 10 female minors between the ages of 12 and 16 were targeted by the accused who was then between 14 to 16.
He would ask the girls to come to his flat or somewhere secluded near his house where he will then begin to violate them.
Examples of what he did
In a first example, he met the girl through Instagram and began to message one another when he was 14 and she was 12 way back in 2017.
The girl then started to have a crush on him.
In June 208, he invited her over to his place and took her to a staircase on the ninth floor where he persuaded her to have relations with him.
She obliged because she thought that he took her as his girlfriend.
It was the first time the girl ‘did it’ and after the first time, they continued to have encounters at least once a month.
In a second example, he was 16 while the girl was 15 and they met on Instagram where he persuaded her to come over to study at his flat.
When she arrived, he begin to violate her without using a condom.
She then saw the Twitter thread and made a police report against the accused and also subsequently went to the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) where she reported her fear of the incident.
She could not lead a good life after the incident and felt ashamed of her body.
She was later diagnosed with depression and post traumatic stress disorder.
Victims reached out to thread starter
Several victims reached out to the 17 year old who started the thread where she asked them for consent make their identities public on the thread.
The thread subsequently went viral on social media.
The accused was then nabbed on 27 June 2020 following Police reports made by the victims.
He has been remanded since being arrested.
Pleaded guilty
The 18 year old accused pleaded guilty in court on Thursday (24 Feb) to four counts of violating a minor and there are 29 charges which will be taken into consideration in his sentencing the following month.
This charges include exploiting a child or minor as well as outraging their modesty.
A report was called by the District Judge to see if he can be placed under reformative training instead due to his young age.
Penalties
If he is convicted of violating a minor under 14, he can receive a jail term of up to 20 years together with a fine or caning.
If he is convicted of violating a minor under 16, he can receive a jail term of up to 10 years and/or fined.
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