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Sep 25, 2009
Jail, caning for rapist <!--10 min-->
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A view of the present Supreme Court. Cheng, whose sentence was backdated to Feb 6, could have been jailed for up to 20 years and liable to fine or to caning. -- ST PHOTO: TERENCE TAN
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AN UNEMPLOYED man who raped an 18-year-old girl was sentenced to 5 1/2 years' jail and six strokes of the cane on Friday. Eric Cheng Kok Yong, 25, pleaded guilty to the offence at his Yishun flat sometime in January last year. A district court heard that Cheng bumped into the girl, whom he had lost contact with, as she was walking home late one night in January last year. He asked for her contact number and then sent her an SMS to meet him at his void deck for a chat. The pair met and later decided to go for supper. He asked her to follow him home as he had left his wallet at home, but she refused initially. She gave in after much persuasion. He took her home and raped her in his brother's bedroom.
After that, he apologised to the victim, who ignored his apology and said she wanted to leave. Around the middle of the year, the victim, now 19, told two former boyfriends that she had been raped. They advised her to make a police report but she did not. It was only on Jan 28 this year that her current boyfriend took her to make a report. Cheng's lawyer Gurdaib Singh said his client deeply regretted the offence and was remorseful. Cheng, whose sentence was backdated to Feb 6, could have been jailed for up to 20 years and liable to fine or to caning.
Sep 25, 2009
Jail, caning for rapist <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="330">
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A view of the present Supreme Court. Cheng, whose sentence was backdated to Feb 6, could have been jailed for up to 20 years and liable to fine or to caning. -- ST PHOTO: TERENCE TAN
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AN UNEMPLOYED man who raped an 18-year-old girl was sentenced to 5 1/2 years' jail and six strokes of the cane on Friday. Eric Cheng Kok Yong, 25, pleaded guilty to the offence at his Yishun flat sometime in January last year. A district court heard that Cheng bumped into the girl, whom he had lost contact with, as she was walking home late one night in January last year. He asked for her contact number and then sent her an SMS to meet him at his void deck for a chat. The pair met and later decided to go for supper. He asked her to follow him home as he had left his wallet at home, but she refused initially. She gave in after much persuasion. He took her home and raped her in his brother's bedroom.
After that, he apologised to the victim, who ignored his apology and said she wanted to leave. Around the middle of the year, the victim, now 19, told two former boyfriends that she had been raped. They advised her to make a police report but she did not. It was only on Jan 28 this year that her current boyfriend took her to make a report. Cheng's lawyer Gurdaib Singh said his client deeply regretted the offence and was remorseful. Cheng, whose sentence was backdated to Feb 6, could have been jailed for up to 20 years and liable to fine or to caning.
