FOR six hours, a 27-year-old man tormented the mother of his
former girlfriend whom he had bound and gagged.
He finished by raping her in her bed, and helped himself to $100
from her wallet and her cellphone before leaving the scene.
The fast-food delivery man was yesterday jailed for 25 years and
ordered to be given the maximum 24 strokes of the cane, following
Deputy Public Prosecutor Chua Ying-hong's argument for the
'harshest punishment' for his relentless attacks on the 48-year-old
divorcee.
Ms Chua told the High Court: 'The accused had callously violated
the sanctity of the victim's body and home, immobilising her for an
extended period of almost six hours, during which he treated her as
his personal sex slave.'
The man cannot be named because the court has barred the
publication of any information that may identify the victim.
The court heard that he had already broken up with the victim's
daughter, but had continued visiting her and her mother.
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