Paedophile who sexually abused 11 girls, including his own daughter and granddaughters, gets jail

The judge noted that the jail term should not be crushing or amount to a life sentence for the 71-year-old man, who suffers from a rare blood cancer called myelofibrosis.

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SINGAPORE: A diagnosed paedophile who sexually abused 11 girls over 33 years, with the acts ranging from molestation to rape , was sentenced on Thursday (Sep 17) to 21 years' jail.

The victims were as young as five, and included his daughter, granddaughters, nieces and students at an enrichment centre he ran with his wife.

At the same time, she rejected the defence's call for the exercise of judicial mercy in this case, saying it was not appropriate.

Justice Mavis Chionh said this was a tragic case of persistent sexual offending by a diagnosed paedophile against his own family members and students, who trusted him.

This was despite the man being punished and prosecuted twice, and despite his diagnosis in 2021.

The elderly Singaporean cut a shrunken figure in the dock, with a folded wheelchair nearby.

He had pleaded guilty to 10 charges including rape, sexual assault and unnatural sex, with another 23 taken into consideration. Across all offences, he began abusing victims in 1990 and this continued until 2023.

He started sexually abusing his daughter in 1997 when she was between six and seven. He later raped her when she was 15, telling her not to tell anyone because it would split up the family.

The man was incarcerated twice, in 1999 and 2020, for similar sexual offences against minors.

However, the full extent of his predatory conduct came to light only after he started preying on his granddaughters following his second release from prison.

He molested his five-year-old granddaughter in 2023, and showed her sister pornography and sexually abused her.

When the granddaughters told their mother about the abuse, the man's daughter then revealed the offences against her.

Deputy Public Prosecutors Jiang Ke-Yue and Ronnie Ang had sought 32 to 36 years' jail for the man, while defence lawyer Nakoorsha Abdul Kadir and Dwi Heryanni Mohamad asked for 15 years' jail.

Justice Chionh said neither position correctly applied what is known as the totality principle, a legal concept where a court reviews the combined sentence to see if it is just, fair and not overly harsh.

The prosecution's position breached the first limb of the totality principle, which considers whether the total sentence is substantially higher than the normal sentence for the most serious of offences faced.

The most serious offence in this case was punishable by between 8 and 20 years' jail.

The second limb of the totality principle requires a court to consider if the total sentence is crushing, and not in keeping with the man's past record and future prospects.

While the prosecution had argued that it was appropriate to breach the first limb because of the man's overall criminality, the judge rejected this.

She said she had no doubt that the case was egregious and the offender's conduct was reprehensible, but the sentence sought by the prosecution was "disproportionate" to the man's overall criminality, especially when compared with similar cases.

Justice Chionh said she had to consider whether the sentence amounted to life imprisonment, and any terminal illness the man had must be considered.

The offender's life expectancy is reduced because of his blood cancer, with the latest medical report estimating a 13 per cent chance that he will live beyond 2031.

On the other hand, the judge did not agree with the defence's position for 15 years' jail. She adjusted the sentence to sufficiently reflect the man's overall criminality, arriving at 21 years' jail, and declined to add any additional jail term in lieu of caning because of his age and illness.

Still, Justice Chionh said the offences the man committed were "particularly heinous", with some of them involving his daughter, granddaughters and niece.

"The full extent of his offending is appalling," she said, pointing to his repeated and brazen sexual abuse and repeated offending even after previous stints in jail.

She said it was clear that neither his age nor condition had put a stop to his "depraved" criminal conduct.

He stopped his serial sexual offending only because he was caught, and a report from the Institute of Mental Health states that he is a paedophile with a sexual attraction to pre-pubescent girls. The report also noted he poses a danger to children.

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法官指出，对于这位患有罕见血液癌症——骨髓纤维化的 71 岁老人来说，监禁刑期不应过于沉重，也不应等同于终身监禁。

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新加坡：一名被诊断为恋童癖的男子在 33 年的时间里性侵了 11 名女孩，罪行包括猥亵和强奸，于周四（9 月 17 日）被判处 21 年监禁。

受害者最小的只有五岁，其中包括他的女儿、孙女、侄女以及他和妻子一起经营的课外辅导中心的学生。

与此同时，她驳回了辩方要求在本案中行使司法宽恕的请求，称这样做并不合适。

法官梅维斯·琼表示，这是一起悲剧性的案件，一名被诊断患有恋童癖的男子持续对自己的家人和信任他的学生实施性侵犯。

尽管该男子曾两次受到处罚和起诉，并且于 2021 年被确诊患病，但此事仍然发生了。

这位新加坡老人在被告席上显得格外瘦小，旁边放着一辆折叠轮椅。

他承认了包括强奸、性侵犯和非自然性行为在内的10项指控，另有23项指控被纳入考虑范围。所有罪行中，他从1990年开始侵害受害者，一直持续到2023年。

1997年，他开始性侵女儿，当时她只有六七岁。后来，在她15岁时，他强奸了她，并威胁她不要告诉任何人，因为这会破坏家庭。

该男子曾因类似的性侵未成年人罪行于 1999 年和 2020 年两次入狱。

然而，直到他第二次出狱后开始对自己的孙女们下手，他的掠夺行为的全部程度才被揭露出来。

2023年，他猥亵了自己五岁的孙女，并向她的妹妹展示了色情内容，还对她进行了性虐待。

当孙女们把她们遭受的虐待告诉母亲后，这名男子的女儿也向母亲揭露了她所遭受的罪行。

副检察官姜克岳和罗尼·昂要求判处该男子 32 至 36 年监禁，而辩护律师纳库尔沙·阿卜杜勒·卡迪尔和德维·赫里亚尼·穆罕默德则要求判处 15 年监禁。

法官 Chionh 表示，这两种立场都没有正确应用所谓的整体性原则，这是一个法律概念，即法院审查综合判决是否公正、公平且不至于过于严厉。

检方的立场违反了整体性原则的第一条，即考虑总刑期是否比所面临的最严重罪行的正常刑期高得多。

本案中最严重的罪行可判处 8 至 20 年监禁。

整体性原则的第二个方面要求法院考虑总刑罚是否过于严厉，是否与该男子的过往记录和未来前景相符。

虽然检方辩称，鉴于该男子的犯罪性质，违反第一条规定是合适的，但法官驳回了这一论点。

她表示，她毫不怀疑这起案件性质恶劣，罪犯的行为应受谴责，但检方寻求的刑罚与该男子的整体犯罪程度“不成比例”，尤其是在与类似案件相比时。

法官 Chionh 表示，她必须考虑判决是否等同于终身监禁，并且必须考虑该男子患有的任何绝症。

由于患有血癌，该罪犯的预期寿命缩短，最新的医疗报告估计他活到 2031 年以后的几率只有 13%。

另一方面，法官不同意辩方提出的判处15年监禁的请求。她调整了刑期，以充分反映该男子的犯罪程度，最终判处其21年监禁，并考虑到该男子的年龄和疾病，拒绝以鞭刑代替额外监禁。

不过，法官 Chionh 表示，该男子所犯的罪行“尤其令人发指”，其中一些罪行还涉及他的女儿、孙女和侄女。

“他的犯罪程度令人震惊，”她说道，并指出他屡次肆无忌惮地进行性虐待，甚至在之前入狱服刑后仍然屡次犯罪。

她说，很明显，他的年龄和身体状况都没有阻止他“堕落的”犯罪行为。

他之所以停止连环性犯罪，仅仅是因为被抓获。精神健康研究所的一份报告指出，他是一名恋童癖者，对青春期前的女孩有性吸引力。该报告还指出，他对儿童构成威胁。

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