SINGAPORE (AFP) - - A Singaporean man with a fetish for smelling
womens' armpits has been sentenced to 14 years in jail and 18
strokes of the cane, legal officials said Friday.
A court employee confirmed the sentence, issued Thursday,
against Mohammed Ismail Ariffin, 36.
Ariffin had a fixation for touching or smelling women,
particularly their armpits, and was convicted of molesting 23
women, his lawyer Noor Mohamed Marican told AFP.
"He's got this problem. Poor chap," Noor said in a brief
interview.
After reading an expert report that said Ariffin was likely to
re-offend, Judge James Leong issued a preventive detention order,
which means Ariffin will not be eligible for parole, The Straits
Times said.
Ariffin, who is mildly retarded, would often attack his victims
inside lifts, the report said.
It said Noor argued against a long sentence and in favour of
rehabilitation and medical treatment.
But Leong said he found "precious little" in Ariffin's favour,
The Straits Times reported
