Medium gets 12 years' jail, 12 strokes of the cane for raping woman who sought his help


SINGAPORE: A self-styled spiritual "master" was on Monday, sentenced to 12 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane for raping a woman who had sought help from him to get rid of "ghosts" in her flat.

"Your heinous sexual acts have inflicted a lasting psychological impact on the victim," said Justice Chan Seng Onn as he sentenced Ow Siew Hoe. The judge noted that Ow had "methodically planned" how to lure the woman to his flat by exploiting her fear of the supernatural.

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