A MAN who had consensual sex with his 20-year-old daughter was
jailed for three years on Monday.
The 47-year-old freelance plumber admitted to the incest at the
master bedroom of his flat in April 2008. The parties cannot be
named as there is a gag order.
The daughter, now 23, was initially charged in March last year
but was later given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal. The
accused had failed to turn up and the court issued a warrant for
his arrest.
The court heard that he had been bringing his daughter for
drinking sessions with his friends at coffeeshops since 2006. As
they spent more time together, they became emotionally closer, and
eventually, this developed into a sexual relationship.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Leong Wing Tuck said on one night in
April 2008, both returned home after a beer drinking session. The
accused's wife was not at home. While the accused was lying in bed,
a small argument broke out between them when she showed little
interest in talking to him as she was busy checking her e-mails on
the laptop computer at the edge of the bed.
She apologised, and he asked her for a hug. They began caressing
each other. They then had sex. A week later, they had a heated
argument over the issue of her furthering her studies. She then
texted a friend to call the police, who arrested him.
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