SINGAPORE - A year-old youth who committed sexual offences against six underage girls in separate instances was ordered to undergo reformative training for at least six months on July 4. Young offenders sent for reformative training are detained in a centre to observe a strict regimen that can include foot drills and counselling. The teenager was just 13 years old when he targeted his first victim, a year-old girl, in March He went on to target five more victims until late The six girls were between 12 and 14 years old when he committed his offences.
On April 1, the offender pleaded guilty to eight charges for offences that included molestation and statutory rape. Seventeen other charges were considered during sentencing. The offender met his first victim on March 28, , through a mutual friend, and they agreed to enter into a relationship. The next day, the pair went to a staircase at the block of flats where the girl lived and had sex. He had problems with his legs at the time, while she had respiratory issues.
He befriended the girl and they exchanged their social media details. The second victim was watching a show on her mobile phone in hospital on July 9, , when the offender went to her bed and kissed her left cheek without her consent. She told a nurse about the incident the next day, but the offender had already been discharged by then. He met his third victim, then 13, on Jan 16, , through social media. After spending some time together on Jan 19, , he asked her to be his girlfriend, and she agreed.
He met his fourth victim, who was 14 at the time, near Marsiling in April while she was hanging out with her friends after school. She also became his girlfriend and went to his home some time between April and May The offender then sexually penetrated her three times during the same visit. He was in school in April when he met his fifth victim, then Some time in June that year, the pair went to the staircase landing of a block of flats and had sex.
Four months later, the offender got to know the sixth victim through social media and she later agreed to be his girlfriend. He was charged in court in Shaffiq Alkhatib Court Correspondent.
