A DRIVER who shared a bedroom with his girlfriend and her
15-year-old daughter made advances to the teenager in the middle of
the night.
The 33-year-old man went too far and was jailed for six weeks
yesterday for outraging her modesty.
He cannot be named as it could lead to the identification of the
victim.
On May 10 last year, she was lying on the floor of the
bedroom sending text messages to a friend. At 1am, her mother's
lover got off the bed and lay next to her. He hugged and kissed her
cheek before kissing her lips and slipping his tongue into her
mouth. He French-kissed her again and licked her ears before
returning to bed.
The court heard that the victim, a secondary school student who
has two younger siblings, was too afraid to resist or cry out.
That morning, she called her father, who has been divorced from
her mother since 2004. He went over and beat up the man. The fight
prompted a neighbour to call the police, who then found out the
molesation accusations.
Their probe revealed that the driver had been in a relationship
with the victims' mother since 2007 and had moved into her Whampoa
flat in June 2009.
Asking for a jail sentence, Deputy Public Prosecutor Agnes Chan
said the molesation was not "fleeting" but went on for eight
minutes.
Agreeing, District Judge See Kee Oon said the young victim had
been subjected to "prolonged, unwanted advances".
The maximum sentence for outraging modesty is two years' jail
with a fine and caning.
(Taken from The Straits Times, Friday, June 10 2011, Page
C14)
