A family member is often trusted but sometimes evil acts are done without people knowing.
A 22-year-old Singaporean man pleaded guilty to three counts of molestation charges yesterday (April 8) after molesting his 9-year-old niece.
What happened?
Straits Times reported that a gag order has been issued to protect the identity of the child, the child was molested on 10 occasions in from 2014 to 2017.
2014 – The young girl stayed with their uncle and was sleeping with her brother in a room. He woke her up and carried her to his own bed before molesting her.
2015 – The young girl who was 10-years-old at that time was sleeping on his mother’s bed before he was carried by his uncle to his bed and molested again. After finishing the deed he brought her back.
2017 – He did it again when the victim was 12 years old.
How he got caught
In 2020, The girl’s stepfather saw the messages she send to her boyfriend and confronted her. The victim finally broke down in tears and revealed her ordeal.
The stepfather later brought her to make a Police report.
The 22-year-old will be back in court on May 20 for his sentencing.
If he is found guilty of molest a child that is below the age of 14-years old, he can be jailed up to 5 years and/or caned.