In Singapore, a man charged with sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s daughter in a van park near cemeteries and in her home pleaded guilty in the High Court on Tuesday ( Apr 8 ).  ,
At the trial’s entry, the prosecution claimed that the lady, who was then between the ages of 10 and 11, had been allegedly abused for close to a month.  ,
The gentleman, 52, is bringing seven counts of sexual abuse against him, including two counts of molesting a child and two counts of physical penetration.  ,
The man was born in Singapore, but he is stateless, the trial claimed the trial had discovered that he had lost his documents after the investigation.  ,
Due to a gag attempt, he may be identified.
Justice Aidan Xu@Aedit Abdullah, however, questioned whether the accused’s personality should be disclosed. The prosecutor inquired as to whether the alleged victim was still living with the accused, but Deputy Public Prosecutor Tay Jia En declined.  ,
Justice Xu finally inquired as to why the judge was keeping his identity a secret, and Mr. Tay responded that the accused had a relationship with the accused for at least a year. The prosecutor has requested that the trial reconsider how the joke attempt was applied to the accused.  ,
Event OF PROSECUTION
The alleged victim is scheduled to give testimony on Tuesday evening, but the gag buy will remain on her.  ,
The accused was the mother of the victim’s divorcee, the trial claimed.
The accused is alleged to possess preyed on the child at the shared rental apartment and in a rented vehicle that was parked sometimes at a Muslim or Christian tomb in Lim Chu Kang.  ,
The sufferer and her younger brother may follow them after school, and the partners would use the vehicle for work in the tombs.
The community would rest in the truck when they stayed immediately at the cemetery. The accused and mother would rest in the front while the children would recline on a wooden seat behind.  ,
The accused frequently preyed on the child while everyone was asleep, according to the prosecution.  ,
The target claims that the accused molests her in February 2021 when she awoke in her house in the wee hours of the morning. She unsuccessfully asked him to quit.  ,  ,
He reportedly repeated the assaults and sexually assaulted her in her home a few days later.  ,
According to the sufferer, he allegedly sexually assaulted the woman in the van in May 2021 while he was in the seated driver’s seat.  ,
The target spoke with her nephew, who she believed witnessed the incident. After her day, she made the decision to tell her mother about the maltreatment.
The accused also requested the victim follow him to the Christian graveyard on another occasion in 2021 so that he could get water. According to the trial, he allegedly forced the sufferer to have sex with him.  ,
The target asked if she could perform with her phone as the two were returning to the Muslim tomb, and the accused next asked the victim for the same physical work, and she agreed, according to the prosecution.  ,
After turning 11 years old, the victim managed to persuade her mother, but she was” not believed,” according to the trial.
The accused denied the crimes and continued to have access to her, leading to additional crimes against the child in January 2022, according to the trial.  ,
On January 3, allegedly, he sexually assaulted the child while they were both inside a vehicle close to a Muslim cemetery.  ,
The victim had a stayover with her half-sister from her natural family’s past union in February 2022.
The anxious girl began crying when her mother asked her to come home earlier. She gave her half-sister a confession.  ,
On February 3, 2022, a police report was filed, and the accused was taken into custody the following morning.  ,
PSYCHIATRIST TESTIFIES ,
The prosecution stated that it would give 25 witnesses the direct witness in the evidence.  ,
Bernadine Woo Siew Choo, a top advisor from the Child Guidance Clinic at the Institute of Mental Health, was the first witness to give evidence on Tuesday. On August 26, 2022, she evaluated the alleged victim to determine whether she was qualified to testify in court.  ,
The physician claimed in her report that during their discussion, she found the target consistent and coherent.  ,
The target claimed to have been “fearful,” “angry,” and had recurring ideas about the alleged abuse.  ,
The psychiatrist speculated that the woman might have trouble with personal relationships in the future because she has a trouble trusting men and has trouble believing in people.
The girl was able to tell a convincing account of events in judge because she could speak clearly, be truthful, and never contradict herself.  ,
The alleged victim is scheduled to give evidence in court on Tuesday, and the prosecution will continue. Teo Choo Kee, an attorney, represents the accused.  ,