The year-old Singaporean was sentenced to three years' jail and another 71 days' jail for breaching his remission order on Tuesday Oct The court heard that Abdul Rahman had previously been sentenced to 32 months' jail for the same charge with a similar modus operandi of inducing a sex worker to provide him her services and then refusing to pay her.
While he was out on remission in November for this jail term, Abdul Rahman contacted his new victim, a year-old Australian sex worker. The woman usually worked in Melbourne, and advertised her services and rates on a website. On Nov 14 last year, the victim entered Singapore alone for a holiday. She was due to return to Australia 10 days later, and stated on her website that she was "currently touring in Singapore".
At about 10am on Nov 23 last year, Abdul Rahman contacted the victim on WhatsApp, asking to engage her services. The victim agreed and told him her rates. Abdul Rahman did not respond directly to the messages about her fees, but continued discussing the logistics of the meet-up.
Abdul Rahman claimed they had not agreed on the rates and refused to pay her. The victim insisted on the full sum, but Abdul Rahman ignored her and left despite the victim's efforts to stop him.
The victim contacted the Australian High Commission and Project X - a non-profit organisation for sex workers - before making a police report. Abdul Rahman deleted the victim's messages about her rates from his phone, giving the impression that they had never agreed on them.
