A 25-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for two weeks and fined $8,000
for underage sex with a minor.
The girl, who was a month short of her 16th birthday, gave birth
to a baby boy in March 2010.
A paternity test showed that the accused was the biological
father of the baby, who is being cared for by the victim.
The accused had admitted on Tuesday to having sex with the
15-year-old girl at a staircase landing at Block 628 Bukit Batok
Central sometime in August 2009. He was then 23, and had met her
about a week earlier through her male friend.
He could have been jailed for up to five years and fined up to
$10,000.
As he could not pay the fine, he will serve another four weeks'
jail in default.
-- ST
