Man raped Vietnamese salesgirl at HDB staircase landing
Posted on 11 September 2012 | 67,506 views
SOURCE: The Straits TimesHe also gets 24 strokes of the cane; judge says victim left emotionally scarredWHEN a part-time cleaner saw a young woman getting out of a taxi past midnight and walking unsteadily, he concluded she was drunk and decided to follow and rob her.
Sivakumar Magendran, 23, forced her into a lift and demanded money but when she offered her handbag, he did not take it.
Instead, he took the 23-year-old salesgirl to a staircase landing between the fourth and fifth floors of the block in central Singapore and raped her. He took her mobile phone, digital camera and about $230, thanked her and ran down the stairs.
Yesterday, he was sentenced to 13 years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty in the High Court to one count each of rape and robbery.
Two unrelated charges - one for stealing $500 and the other for molesting a woman in a male toilet - were taken into consideration.
Justice Chan Seng Onn noted that the rape has left the victim - who was treated for post-traumatic stress disorder - emotionally scarred.
The woman, from Vietnam, became a Singapore citizen after she married a Singaporean.
She was making her way home at about 12.30am on May 16 last year after drinks with colleagues.
Before she could press the lift button, Sivakumar grabbed her neck from behind and told her in English to keep quiet.
He dragged her into the lift, glared at her and slid a finger across her neck - a gesture she understood to mean that he would kill her if she did not comply with his demands.
When the lift door opened, he pushed her out and walked her to the staircase landing and made a gesture, indicating that he wanted sex. Before raping her, he told her that she was very pretty.
After the rape, she returned to her flat and told her husband. He tried to look for the culprit but failed and called the police.
Sivakumar used the money taken from the victim to pay for sex with a prostitute in Geylang.
He also sold the victim's phone.
Sivakumar, who had a previous conviction for criminal breach of trust, was traced based on a DNA profile obtained from swabs taken from the victim's body. He was arrested on May
Posted on 11 September 2012 | 67,506 views
SOURCE: The Straits TimesHe also gets 24 strokes of the cane; judge says victim left emotionally scarredWHEN a part-time cleaner saw a young woman getting out of a taxi past midnight and walking unsteadily, he concluded she was drunk and decided to follow and rob her.
Sivakumar Magendran, 23, forced her into a lift and demanded money but when she offered her handbag, he did not take it.
Instead, he took the 23-year-old salesgirl to a staircase landing between the fourth and fifth floors of the block in central Singapore and raped her. He took her mobile phone, digital camera and about $230, thanked her and ran down the stairs.
Yesterday, he was sentenced to 13 years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty in the High Court to one count each of rape and robbery.
Two unrelated charges - one for stealing $500 and the other for molesting a woman in a male toilet - were taken into consideration.
Justice Chan Seng Onn noted that the rape has left the victim - who was treated for post-traumatic stress disorder - emotionally scarred.
The woman, from Vietnam, became a Singapore citizen after she married a Singaporean.
She was making her way home at about 12.30am on May 16 last year after drinks with colleagues.
Before she could press the lift button, Sivakumar grabbed her neck from behind and told her in English to keep quiet.
He dragged her into the lift, glared at her and slid a finger across her neck - a gesture she understood to mean that he would kill her if she did not comply with his demands.
When the lift door opened, he pushed her out and walked her to the staircase landing and made a gesture, indicating that he wanted sex. Before raping her, he told her that she was very pretty.
After the rape, she returned to her flat and told her husband. He tried to look for the culprit but failed and called the police.
Sivakumar used the money taken from the victim to pay for sex with a prostitute in Geylang.
He also sold the victim's phone.
Sivakumar, who had a previous conviction for criminal breach of trust, was traced based on a DNA profile obtained from swabs taken from the victim's body. He was arrested on May
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