Man raped flatmate in her room after asking her to be in a relationship with him男子向室友提出交往请求后，在其房间内强奸了她。
SINGAPORE — After repeatedly asking his flatmate to be in a relationship with him, a man barged into her room naked and raped her the month that he moved in, in January 2023.On Nov 4, Keivan Motallebi, 34, an Iranian national, was sentenced to 10 years’ jail and six strokes of the cane.He pleaded guilty to a charge of rape...
SINGAPORE — After repeatedly asking his flatmate to be in a relationship with him, a man barged into her room naked and raped her the month that he moved in, in January 2023.
On Nov 4, Keivan Motallebi, 34, an Iranian national, was sentenced to 10 years’ jail and six strokes of the cane.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of rape committed against the victim, who was then 26 years old.
When prosecutors highlighted that his crime was aggravated because the victim was raped in the unit she regarded as her home, Motallebi, who did not have a lawyer, responded that he also lived there.
In sentencing, High Court Judge Mavis Chionh said it was beside the point that he lived in the same flat.
Justice Chionh noted that a sexual assault committed in a victim’s own home is considered aggravating because the home is where a person is entitled to feel the most secure.
The court was told that the victim, a foreigner, came to Singapore in 2021 for work, and rented a room in a three-bedroom unit.
In January 2023, Motallebi moved in and stayed in the master bedroom with the female landlord.
Later that month, he asked the victim to have a chat with him in the living room. He then asked her to be in a relationship with him after she told him she was single.
She replied that she needed time to consider, and returned to her room, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Rimplejit Kaur.
On Jan 31, 2023, after the victim returned home, Motallebi approached her and again asked her to be in a relationship with him.
When she was back in her room, she heard a knock, and saw him standing outside naked.
She tried to close the door, but he pushed his way into the room and pinned her down on her bed.
The victim repeatedly told him she did not want to have sex with him, but he raped her.
After the assault, he apologised to her.
She made a police report on Feb 1, 2023, and Motallebi was arrested that day.
Pleading for leniency on Nov 4, he told the court: “I’m very sorry. I wish I could change the past, but I cannot do that.”
This article was first published in The Straits Times . Permission required for reproduction.
新加坡——一名男子多次要求与室友交往后，于2023年1月，在他搬进室友房间的当月，赤身裸体地闯入她的房间并强奸了她。
11月4日，34岁的伊朗公民凯万·莫塔莱比被判处10年监禁和6下鞭刑。
他承认对当时26岁的受害者犯有强奸罪。
当检察官强调，由于受害者在她视为家的公寓里遭到强奸，他的罪行性质更加严重时，没有律师的莫塔莱比回应说，他也住在那里。
高等法院法官梅维斯·琼在宣判时表示，他是否住在同一间公寓里并不重要。
Chionh 法官指出，在受害者家中发生的性侵犯被认为是加重情节，因为家是人最应该感到安全的地方。
法庭获悉，受害者是一名外国人，于 2021 年来到新加坡工作，并在一个三居室单元中租了一个房间。
2023 年 1 月，莫塔莱比搬了进来，和女房东一起住在主卧室里。
当月晚些时候，他约受害者到客厅聊天。在她告诉他自己单身后，他便向她提出交往的请求。
副检察官林普吉特·考尔表示，她回答说需要时间考虑，然后回到了自己的房间。
2023 年 1 月 31 日，受害者回家后，莫塔莱比再次接近她，并要求与她建立恋爱关系。
当她回到房间时，她听到敲门声，看到他赤身裸体地站在外面。
她试图关上门，但他强行闯入房间，把她按倒在床上。
受害者多次告诉他她不想和他发生性关系，但他还是强奸了她。
袭击发生后，他向她道歉了。
2023年2月1日，她向警方报案，莫塔莱比当天就被逮捕了。
11月4日，他在法庭上请求宽大处理，他说：“我非常抱歉。我希望我能改变过去，但我做不到。”
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