SINGAPORE: A Canadian national who also holds an
Australian citizenship was on Tuesday sentenced to two weeks' jail
for molesting three women and punching one of
them.
Francis Lawrence Del Rosario, aged 30, was with a
friend at a club in Clarke Quay on March 30 this year, at about
midnight, when he committed the offences.
Within a span of about two hours, the professional
tennis player cum coach grabbed the buttocks of three women, aged
20 to 28.
Rosario faced a fourth charge of punching the 28-year-old woman
after she confronted him about outraging her modesty.
He got riled up when she told him off and he pushed against her
chest.
The woman grabbed Rosario's shirt and warned him not to touch her,
but he pulled her hair and punched her in the face in
response.
In mitigation, the defence said Rosario is a first-time offender
and the incidents occurred after he had one too many drinks.
The defence also said Rosario is remorseful, has apologised to the
women and made total compensation of more than S$1,100 to two
victims.
Prosecution proceeded on three of the four charges.
The court ordered two of the sentences to run consecutively, making
the total punishment a two-week jail term.
- CNA/cc