AN 11-YEAR-OLD girl was followed into a lift by Muhammad Sadiq
Syed Kadir, who outraged her modesty while the lift travelled
between the floors at an HDB block in Chai Chee.
Then a student, Sadiq, got into the lift and pressed the 11th
floor button after the girl had chosen a lower floor on Jan 27 last
year.
He asked her whether she wanted 'sex' and he moved towards her,
grabbing hold of her T-shirt and pushing her until she fell onto
her back.
Sadiq then lay on top of her and tried to pull down her shorts
but she put up a struggle. When the lift door opened, he covered
her mouth with his jacket as she screamed for help and continued
trying to pull down her shorts and kiss her. He managed to get her
shorts and underwear down, molesting her, then pulled up her
T-shirt, again molesting the girl.
A community court heard that he stopped as the lift was about to
reach the first floor. When the lift door opened, the victim saw
her elder brother and pointed to Sadiq saying he had touched her.
The brother punched Sadiq, who was taken to hospital for his
injuries.
Sadiq, 18, who admitted outraging the victim's modesty and
causing wrongful restraint to her, also pleaded guilty on Wednesday
to molesting a 19-year-old and a 17-year-old in a lift and on a bus
in August 2008 and August last year respectively. He was remanded
until July 21, pending a reformative training report.
-- ST
