A Chinese stylist took a drunken university student home in Clarke Quay in 2019 and raped her multiple times, according to the judge in a situation that was “brutal and cruel.”
Kita Ikko, 38, filmed the sexual assault and sent the images to a companion, telling him that the” intercourse was good”.
The sufferer, who was 20 at the time, continues to struggle with post- tragic anxiety symptoms years after the struggle.
On Monday ( Jul 1 ), Kita was sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison and 20 cane strokes in the High Court. Four additional charges were taken into account, along with one count of rape, sexual abuse by penetration, and making an obscene video.
Instead of slamming Kita for his actions, the judge rejected the defense’s claim that the sufferer allegedly gave the victim an original indication of consent before the court.
THE Event
On Dec 29, 2019, the sufferer, a earliest- year college, met her friends for refreshments before going to clubs in Clarke Quay.
She was with a friend, even 20, when they were approached by Kita and one of his friends, a 23- yr- old person.
Although they were strangers, Kita gave the victim a hug from the rear. Despite a rebuff from the victim’s companion, the two men continued to walk with the ladies.
Kita helped the sufferer, who eventually parted ways with the victim’s friend and his companion, after she fell and was unable to walk by herself.
He asked the driver to leave for his house at around 3.45 am after taking the sufferer and the driver to the taxi.
Kita assisted the lady to the pull of his house wall, which was not specified in judge documents, after she vomited and was unable to walk by herself.
He began biologically assaulting the young woman in the hall of the elevator, and he then continued to rape her in his home while taking pictures with his phone.
Before sexually assaulting the girl with a device, he placed the device on a stand close to his bed so that he could record another picture.
The target began toregain awareness and cried in anguish, calling out for her companion.
Kita therefore raped her. The woman implored him to cease and cried piteously.
When Kita finished his abuse, she stumbled out of the house and fumbled in a car that her companion had flagged. Later that evening, she filed a police statement.
Soon after, Kita sent the video of the sexual acts to his friend to demonstrate that the” sexual was good,” the prosecution claimed.
He was detained the day the officers report was filed, and he has since been kept in custody. The officers discovered two damaging videos that lasted 24 seconds and 40 minutes, both, when they found him on his phone.
The Institute of Mental Health examined the prey and determined that she had developed post-traumatic stress disorder characteristics.
She blames herself for what happened, has “marked biological reactions to signals that resemble the occasion,” and is “low feelings.”
“UTTERLY UNREPENTANT”: Trial
Kita was charged with second-degree sexual assault by deputy public prosecutor Sruthi Boppana and June Ngian, who claimed the victim had frequently pleaded for him to stop, and that he had continued to retaliate by asking for 18 years in jail and 20 strokes of the wood.
” Utterly unrepentant, he filmed the entire ordeal and even sent the video to a friend – telling him that the ‘ sex was good ‘”, said Ms Boppana.
” Accounting is expected for the catastrophic injury the accused has caused the sufferer, who continues to deal with post-traumatic anxiety symptoms, years after the ordeal,” the statement reads.
The target “has been forced to live in perpetual suspicion and fear of men around her,” according to the prosecution.
For their clientele, defense attorneys Adrian Wee and Lynette Chang from Lighthouse Law requested 11 to 11 years in prison and eight stroke of the wood instead.
Mr. Wee claimed that his customer had “flirted” with the sufferer as they walked around Clarke Quay.
According to Mr. Wee,” we are instructed that the sufferer reciprocated and told our client that she wanted to have sex again.”
He claimed Kita contacted him for his brand cards and telephone number, which he gave her.
The lawyer clarified, nevertheless, that Kita acknowledges that the victim did not consent when she arrived at his house, despite anticipating sex when she did.
This was Kita’s first encounter with the law, according to Mr. Wee, who lived in Singapore and Japan before relocating below.
” We may even add that while the crimes in issue are truly serious, our customer is not a prolific predator”, he said.
Justice Aedit Abdullah addressed Kita straight during the sentencing hearing.
The judge criticized the attorneys ‘ work, saying,” I have not been persuaded to establish a complete sentence as gentle as he has argued.”
” The abuse that you carried out on the target was brutal and cruel,” the victim said. The prey was resilient, evidently drunk, and capable of looking after herself. The phrase may be severe because of the offence’s circumstances and your high level of criminal responsibility.
Justice Abdullah said he had to consider his innocent appeal and the fact that the trial wanted a” considerable delay in proceedings,” so he did not deliver the maximum sentence requested by the prosecution.