SINGAPORE: After having sexual intercourse with some people he met on Grindr, the man threatened to report them to the police or release a pornographic videos if they didn’t agree.
The offender bit one of the officer’s limbs and claimed he deserved it when officers found him at his house.
Davin Lian Ke Xiang, 25, was given a three-and-a-half year prison sentence and three cane strokes on Thursday( Sep 21 ).
He admitted guilt to three counts of bribery and intentionally harming a public maid, along with three additional counts.
The jury learned that Lian met a 30-year-old person on the dating site Grindr in February 2022 and introduced himself as” Zachary.”
The trial claimed that they met at Lian’s rented apartment that same month and had consensual sexual relations.
The victim was then informed by Lian that he wanted a new television set for S$ 700 ( US$ 510 ).
Lian informed the victim that he had recorded a video of him engaging in sex work and threatened to post it on social media when the latter refused to buy it.
The victim later gave Lian, who had followed him home against his will and was still demanding cash for a television, S$ 700.
Lian met the next victim on Grindr in October 2022 and introduced himself as” Zach.”
Lian threatened to file a police statement alleging that the 25-year-old coerced him into engaging in sexual activity. & nbsp,
He called the police in front of the target and informed them that their meeting had been captured on a closed-circuit television camera in his room.
Lian demanded S$ 5, 000 in exchange for not filing a police statement when the victim tried to reason with him.
When the survivor claimed he lacked the funds, Lian asked him to purchase S$ 3, 000 fair of Uniqlo products in its place.
Lian settled for & nbsp, S$ 100, which the victim transferred to him after he was shown the balance of his bank account.
A group of police officers went to Lian’s system on October 26, 2022, and made an attempt to have him arrested. & nbsp,
Lian bit an agent on the foot and drew blood as he resisted being arrested. One of the soldiers overheard Lian say that the agent should have been bit.
A doctor saw the officer and noticed a round bite mark with clotted blood on his foot. He was screened for communicable diseases and given a tetanus treatment. The snack level wound has not yet faded.
David Menon, the deputy public prosecutor, requested a prison sentence of four to five years and two weeks, as well as between four and five cane stroke.
He discussed the victims’ reaction to the dangers and how Lian had extorted them in order to make money. & nbsp,
Lian was jailed in 2022 for making false connections to the officers, Mr. Menon noted. According to Mr. Menon, there was a sense of increase in his actions as he transitioned from wasting law resources on false reports to using the danger of such reports as leverage.