After celebrating sister's birthday, Filipina is bashed and raped by stranger
July 24, 2013 - 12:51am
By: Rennie Whang
The 39-year-old Filipina came to Singapore to visit her sister. She was returning to her sister's Outram flat on April 22, 2011, after celebrating the latter's birthday, when a stranger followed her into the lift.
She ended up being brutally attacked and raped by the man at a staircase landing.
On Tuesday, Abdul Razeef Abdul Majeed, 23, was sentenced to 12½ years in jail and 14 strokes of the cane.
He had been charged with two counts of aggravated rape and one count of aggravated sexual assault by penetration.
Read the full report in The New Paper on Wednesday (July 24).