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OVER a period of close to 10 years, a man first repeatedly raped
his stepdaughters, then continued to brainwash them into having
consensual sex with him.
The man treated the sisters as his sex slaves, manipulating them
first with a supposed 'beauty ritual', and later with threats of
exposure.
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His offences came to light only last June, when the sisters'
mother inadvertently discovered that her older daughter had had an
abortion in August 2007.
Upon discussing the situation with her younger daughter, the
mother found out about the persistent sexual abuse.
The 42-year-old woman reported her husband to the police, and
the man was arrested the next day.
Yesterday, he pleaded guilty to 13 charges of rape, aggravated
rape and having sex with a minor. A further 74 charges were taken
into consideration.
The High Court jailed the 45-year-old for 30 years and ordered
that he be given 24 strokes of the cane, the maximum number allowed
by law.
The girls' years of horror began in 1999, just four months after
the man married their mother. The children were then aged 11 and
13.
He approached the girls individually and manipulated them into
complying with his plans, preying on their youth and gullibility.
He told them he knew a ritual that would make them prettier. While
pretending to perform this ritual, he raped them.
The court heard that he first used this ruse on the older
daughter. One morning in October 1999, he left their home,
supposedly to take the girl to school. Instead, he took her to his
mother's empty flat, where he pretended to perform the ritual and
then raped her.
He told her not to tell anyone about it, especially her
mother.
He pulled the same trick on the younger girl, stressing that her
older sister had 'taken it', and she had nothing to worry about. He
told her that in order for the ritual to work, she must keep it a
secret. He added that she had to continue with the ritual until she
got married.
The sisters believed in the ritual and felt compelled to
continue having regular sex with him. They later told psychiatrists
that he said he would physically and verbally abuse their mother if
they rejected his advances.
The man also took photos and videos of his stepdaughters in the
nude and threatened to circulate the images.
While the abuse was going on, the younger daughter cut her
wrists, a form of self-harm that experts say is intended to relieve
emotional pain.
Yesterday, Deputy Public Prosecutor Shahla Iqbal urged Justice
Tay Yong Kwang to impose a deterrent sentence.
She said the man had abused his position in the household and
carefully planned a 'devious scheme' that allowed him to repeatedly
have sex with his young stepdaughters, now aged 20 and 22.
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