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Feb 19, 2010
Jail for brother who raped sis
<!-- by line --> By Selina Lum
SHE suffered in silence for three years, repeatedly raped and molested by her older brother, and when the teenager finally confronted him, he beat her. The then 14-year-old later ran away from home, but it was 11/2 years later that she finally reported him to the authorities. On Friday, in a rare case of rape involving siblings, the 21-year-old brother, a national serviceman before his arrest, was jailed for 13 years and ordered to be caned 15 strokes for the sexual offences. He was also fined $1,800 and banned from driving for a year for unrelated traffic offences. They cannot be named to protect the identity of the girl, now 16. In sentencing, High Court judge Woo Bih Li told the young man: 'You should be taking care of your younger sister and protecting her. Instead, you took advantage of her... You even punched her face and head instead of feeling shame and remorse.' However, Justice Woo said he took into account the brother's young age at the time.
Read the full report in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.
Feb 19, 2010
Jail for brother who raped sis
<!-- by line --> By Selina Lum
SHE suffered in silence for three years, repeatedly raped and molested by her older brother, and when the teenager finally confronted him, he beat her. The then 14-year-old later ran away from home, but it was 11/2 years later that she finally reported him to the authorities. On Friday, in a rare case of rape involving siblings, the 21-year-old brother, a national serviceman before his arrest, was jailed for 13 years and ordered to be caned 15 strokes for the sexual offences. He was also fined $1,800 and banned from driving for a year for unrelated traffic offences. They cannot be named to protect the identity of the girl, now 16. In sentencing, High Court judge Woo Bih Li told the young man: 'You should be taking care of your younger sister and protecting her. Instead, you took advantage of her... You even punched her face and head instead of feeling shame and remorse.' However, Justice Woo said he took into account the brother's young age at the time.
Read the full report in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.
