Singapore jails man who threatened woman with chopper to force her to have sex
The defendant, who pleaded guilty to multiple charges, previously threatened to share nude photos of the woman
After a woman declined to have sex with him, a 23-year-old man in Singapore wielded a chopper at her to try to force her to comply.
Earlier, he also threatened to share nude photos of the woman and pointed a Swiss army knife at her to get her to agree to his demands.
On Wednesday, the man was sentenced to three years and 20 weeks’ jail and six strokes of the cane.
He pleaded guilty to one charge of molesting someone while voluntarily attempting to cause hurt, two charges of criminal intimidation, and one charge of threatening to distribute intimate images or recordings.
Two charges of criminal intimidation and a charge of molesting someone while attempting to cause hurt were also considered for sentencing.
The woman’s name cannot be named by court order to protect her identity. The woman’s age has been redacted from court documents. TODAY has not published the man’s name either as this, along with details of their relationship, could lead to the identification of the victim.
On May 4, 2023, at around 10.30pm, the man met the victim outside of school. The man claimed that he wanted to talk to the victim about some rumours regarding them and asked the victim to follow him into a private hire vehicle.
