Burglar cum molester almost trapped by victim, jailed 4 years
Published on Feb 24, 2012
On Friday, 32-year-old Chan Wei Kiat was jailed a year for committing molest and another three years for housebreaking and stealing cash and valuables valued at $1,170. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
By Khushwant Singh
An unemployed man, who prowled the landed properties of Pasir Panjang to steal cash and valuables, also tried his hand at molesting a teacher sleeping near an open window.
On Friday, 32-year-old Chan Wei Kiat was jailed a year for committing molest and another three years for housebreaking and stealing cash and valuables valued at $1,170.
When he pleaded guilty in December 2011, a district court heard that he was nearly trapped by the quick-thinking teacher he molested on Sept 14.
She did not scream when she was awakened by him caressing her chest and groin through the window of her ground-floor bedroom.
Chan had a purple towel covering most of his face yet she asked him calmly what he wanted.
He said that he wished to talk to her. Even as she allowed him to climb into her bedroom through the window, she was hatching a plan - to lure him upstairs, get her father to help her lock him in a room, and call the police.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
On Friday, 32-year-old Chan Wei Kiat was jailed a year for committing molest and another three years for housebreaking and stealing cash and valuables valued at $1,170. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
By Khushwant Singh
An unemployed man, who prowled the landed properties of Pasir Panjang to steal cash and valuables, also tried his hand at molesting a teacher sleeping near an open window.
On Friday, 32-year-old Chan Wei Kiat was jailed a year for committing molest and another three years for housebreaking and stealing cash and valuables valued at $1,170.
When he pleaded guilty in December 2011, a district court heard that he was nearly trapped by the quick-thinking teacher he molested on Sept 14.
She did not scream when she was awakened by him caressing her chest and groin through the window of her ground-floor bedroom.
Chan had a purple towel covering most of his face yet she asked him calmly what he wanted.
He said that he wished to talk to her. Even as she allowed him to climb into her bedroom through the window, she was hatching a plan - to lure him upstairs, get her father to help her lock him in a room, and call the police.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.