Singapore: 18 years’ jail, 24 strokes of cane for man who sexually assaulted step-niece


The 39-year-old man pleaded guilty to two charges of aggravated sexual assault by penetration and one charge of outrage of modesty. - PHOTO: ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A woman who was sexually exploited by her step-uncle as a teenager broke her silence about it several years later, after she spotted the man in public while she was with her husband and in-laws.

On April 18, the 39-year-old man, who is the younger brother of her stepmother, was sentenced to 18 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane by the High Court.

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