A 49-year-old man who worked as a primary school teacher in Singapore was charged with assaulting his student from 2006 to 2009 when the victim was still underage.
He felt faint during court proceedings and vomited before his trial on 9 March, and the hearing was then postponed.
He was reportedly diagnosed previously with anxiety disorder and had what appeared to be an epileptic attack in court on Thursday.
The hearing was then adjourned to the next day, but he once again vomited and fell onto the ground, and the court proceedings were then adjourned again to 21 March.
The man started allegedly assaulting his student when she was 12 years old, and his alleged crimes came to light in 2017. He is currently facing 7 charges under the Children and Young Persons Act, which he pleaded not guilty to.
The victim is now 28 years old, and her identity cannot be revealed because of a court order.
Background
The man was the primary school girl’s mother tongue teacher at the time and met her when she was only 12 years old. He was married at the time with 2 young daughters.
In 2007, while he was in his car with the then-12-year-old girl, he allegedly kissed her on the lips.
In the years that followed, the man allegedly touched the girl on her chest and her private parts, as well as allegedly asked the girl to perform explicit acts on him.
In November 2010, when the girl was 15 years old, they allegedly had intercourse.
The victim then told her older sister about it years later and her sister then reported the incident to the police, and the man was then arrested at the primary school on 28 June 2017.
The police also seized his phone and retrieved messages of correspondence between the man and the victim.