SINGAPORE: While on parole for fraud crimes last year, a 20-year-old person romantically assaulted a 13-year-old woman in his house.
On Tuesday ( Apr 22 ), Muhammad Helmi Halim, now 21, was sentenced to nine years and three weeks ’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane, after he pleaded guilty to one count of murder and one count of fraud.
Another three claims were taken into consideration for his punishment.
Appearing in court via movie website, Helmi apologised for his crimes and promised that he would not undertake such atrocities afterwards.
He added that he would like to take care of his family and wife.
Delivering the statement on Tuesday, Deputy Principal District Judge Kessler Soh said: “You have committed a pretty, very serious crime. ”
“ I hope that, like what you said, this is the last time you commit an offence and that once you get out of jail, you take care of your family. ”
WHAT HAPPENED
The court heard that Helmi and the victim, who cannot be named due to a gag order, met somewhere in June 2024 after being introduced to each other by a common companion.
At the time, he was out on parole after being arrested for embezzlement crimes.
Studies revealed that he had frequently stolen goods such as mobile headphones, game pieces and sweet drinks from the same petrol station on five occasions between Jan 13 and 18, 2024.
According to court documents, he stole a total of 15 items from the petrol station, with the total value of the items amounting to S$ 173. 70 ( US$ 132. 80 ). No compensation has been made.
On one occasion in June 2024, after becoming friends, Helmi and the sufferer spent time up late into the night with a group of buddies that included the offender’s next partner.
When the survivor realised it was late, she did not want to return home as her mother had threatened to switch her out of the house if she returned after 11pm.
Helmi’s girl offered to let the victim be at Helmi’s house that night, and she accepted the offer.
The three of them slept on Helmi’s bed with the offender’s girl between him and the target.
Later that month, Helmi and the victim were suddenly hanging out with friends late at night, but this time, his girl was not provide.
Similar to the previous situation, the sufferer did not want to go home when she realised it was around 11pm. Helmi then offered to let the victim be over at his home again, and she accepted.
According to court papers, she felt secure about staying over with Helmi because she had done but before.
On their way to Helmi’s home, he asked her for sex, but the target rejected him, and he did not repeat his plea.
However, later that night, while she was sleeping next to him on the bed, he sexually assaulted her before attempting to rape her, waking her up in the process.
She struggled to avoid as Helmi pinned her to the bed, but she was not allowed to do so. Helmi therefore raped the target.
The court heard that she regularly said “it is sufficiently ” to get Helmi to prevent assaulting her, but this failed to deter the criminal, who continued to murder her.
She eventually gave up struggling and did no shout for help as she was scared since the accused was of a bigger develop and she felt trapped in his residence with nowhere to go at that time.
The next day, the sufferer woke up and left Helmi’s home.
For raping a person under the age of 14, Helmi could have been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison and up to 12 breaths of the wood.