16 years’ jail and caning for ex-PE teacher who sexually exploited student in hotels, school

A former PE teacher at a secondary school who sexually exploited his student in hotel rooms and a school camp was sentenced to 16 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane on Sept 16.

The 45-year-old man had earlier pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual penetration of a minor.

Another 12 charges for sexual offences against the same victim were considered during sentencing.

The incidents started in 2022, when the victim was 14 years old and the man was her physical education teacher.

He cannot be named owing to a gag order to protect the identity of the victim, who is now 18.

In sentencing the man, High Court judge Kwek Mean Luck agreed with prosecutors that the offences were premeditated.

The judge noted that the man took steps to convince the victim to "hang out" in a hotel room, where he caressed her and hugged her to sleep.

After getting her comfortable being with him in a hotel room, the man made five more bookings for hotel rooms over the next three months.

"He exploited these opportunities alone with the victim to commit numerous sexual offences against her," said Kwek.

The judge also agreed with the prosecution that the man tried to conceal his offences by entering and leaving the hotel rooms separately, among other ways.

In 2022, the man and the girl followed each other on Instagram. He also started chatting with her about books and writing, which she was passionate about.

At the time, he had 18 years of experience as a teacher.

They eventually moved their chat to Telegram, and he periodically instructed her to delete some messages.

Although they messaged each other frequently, they did not speak much in school.

In July that year, he confessed to her that he had romantic feelings for her, and repeatedly asked her to be his girlfriend.

He told her that a relationship between a teacher and a student was not a problem as long as it did not affect her studies.

When she voiced doubts about the 28-year age gap, he assured her that age was not an issue.

At one point, he suggested that she go to his home, but she refused. He then suggested going to a hotel to read, watch TV or "hang out".

On Aug 28, 2022, he booked a hotel room and arrived alone. He met her on the third floor to pass her a key card, and they entered the room separately.

They left the room separately after five hours.

The next day, she told him that she was willing to be in a relationship with him.

Over time, she became convinced that it was acceptable for them to be in a romantic relationship.

The man called her "baby" and "princess", and often talked to her about sex.

On Sept 11, 2022, they spent five hours in a hotel room, where he carried out various sex acts on her and repeatedly asked her to carry out a sex act on him until she agreed to do so.

He met her at hotels on four other occasions for sexual acts, once to celebrate his birthday and another time to celebrate her birthday in advance.

In January 2023, while she was taking part in a camp at school, he messaged her to meet him to engage in sexual acts.

Inside a room, he groped her and sexually violated her. They left the room after she became afraid of being found out.

Later that month, on Jan 29, the victim ended the relationship as she felt he was becoming very possessive.

He was also jealous of her male friends and even talked about marrying her.

The man took the break-up badly. He cried and threatened to pull out all his hair.

He tried to find out from her friend if she was dating anyone, and threatened to harm himself.

The friend reported the matter to a teacher on Feb 7 that year.

Confronted with the allegations, the man admitted that they engaged in heavy petting, but did not mention the sexually penetrative acts.

He also deleted the messages between him and the victim.

The school management informed the girl's parents, who lodged a police report the next day, on Feb 9.

During the investigation, the man admitted to the sexual acts.

一名中学前体育老师在酒店房间和学校露营期间性侵学生，于 9 月 16 日被判处 16 年监禁和 12 下鞭刑。

这名45岁的男子此前已承认三项性侵未成年人的罪名。

在量刑时，还考虑了针对同一受害者的另外 12 项性犯罪指控。

这些事件始于 2022 年，当时受害者 14 岁，而该男子是她的体育老师。

由于有禁言令保护受害者的身份，因此不能透露他的姓名。受害者现年 18 岁。

高等法院法官郭敏乐在对该男子进行量刑时，同意检方的观点，认为这些罪行是预谋的。

法官指出，该男子采取措施说服受害者在酒店房间里“待一会儿”，在那里他抚摸她并拥抱她直到她睡着。

在让女方适应与他在酒店房间相处之后，该男子在接下来的三个月里又预订了五间酒店房间。

郭说：“他利用这些机会单独与受害者相处，对她实施了多起性侵犯。”

法官也同意检方的说法，即该男子试图通过单独进出酒店房间等方式掩盖其罪行。

2022年，这名男子和这名女子在Instagram上互相关注。他还开始和她聊起书籍和写作，而这正是她所热衷的。

当时，他已有18年的教学经验。

他们最终将聊天转移到了 Telegram，他时不时地指示她删除一些消息。

虽然他们经常互发信息，但在学校里却很少说话。

同年7月，他向她坦白自己对她有好感，并多次请求她做他的女朋友。

他告诉她，只要不影响学业，师生恋就不是问题。

当她对28岁的年龄差距表示怀疑时，他向她保证年龄不是问题。

他一度提议她去他家，但她拒绝了。之后他又提议去酒店看书、看电视或者“闲逛”。

2022年8月28日，他预订了一间酒店房间，独自一人到达。他在三楼与她见面，递给她房卡，然后两人分别进入房间。

五个小时后，他们分别离开了房间。

第二天，她告诉他，她愿意和他谈恋爱。

随着时间的推移，她逐渐相信他们之间谈恋爱是可以接受的。

该男子称呼她为“宝贝”和“公主”，并经常和她谈论性。

2022 年 9 月 11 日，他们在酒店房间里待了五个小时，期间他对她进行了各种性行为，并反复要求她对他进行性行为，直到她同意为止。

他曾四次在酒店与她发生性关系，一次是为了庆祝他的生日，另一次是为了提前庆祝她的生日。

2023 年 1 月，当她参加学校的夏令营时，他给她发信息，约她见面发生性关系。

在房间里，他猥亵了她，并对她进行了性侵犯。她害怕被发现后，他们离开了房间。

当月晚些时候，1月29日，受害者结束了这段关系，因为她觉得他变得占有欲很强。

他还嫉妒她的男性朋友，甚至谈到要娶她。

分手这件事让男人难以接受。他哭着威胁要把自己的头发都拔光。

他试图从她的朋友那里打听她是否在和谁交往，并威胁要伤害自己。

同年2月7日，这位朋友将此事报告给了老师。

面对指控，该男子承认他们有过亲密的爱抚，但没有提及性交行为。

他还删除了他和受害者之间的短信。

学校管理层通知了女孩的父母，父母于第二天（2月9日）向警方报案。

调查期间，该男子承认了性行为。