Singapore jails man for attempted rape, ‘brazen’ molestation of stepdaughter at home
- The 41-year-old was sentenced to six years and seven months’ jail and eight strokes of the cane
- He also molested the girl in a room where her step-siblings were watching television
A 41-year-old man was sentenced to six years and seven months’ jail and eight strokes of the cane on Wednesday (May 29) for the attempted rape and molestation of his stepdaughter, then aged 11 or 12.
The man pleaded guilty to aggravated attempted rape of a person aged under 14, as well as outrage of modesty.
Both the offender and his victim cannot be named due to a Singapore court order to protect the victim’s identity.
The man’s sentence was backdated to his date of arrest on May 18 last year.
Court documents showed that the man had been in a romantic relationship with the victim’s biological mother since 2004, and later moved in together with them and lived as a family.
The victim, who was between five and six years old then, treated the man like a father figure.
