Jun 2, 2010
Molester gets jail, caning
HE HAD several heated disputes with his girlfriend and developed a dislike for women after that, a Community Court heard. Between Nov 19 and Dec 31 last year, Goh Kock Oon, 20, set out molesting eight women in the Bedok and Tampines areas. On Wednesday, he was sentenced to 12 months' jail and nine strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to three counts of grabbing or squeezing the victims' breasts. Another five charges were taken into consideration.
The court heard that he was cycling at a park at Tampines Street 32 at about 10pm last Nov 21 when he felt sexually aroused on seeing a 19-year-old exercising in the fitness corner. After parking his bicycle nearby, he walked to the victim and squeezed her breasts from behind. Taken aback, the victim struggled, causing both of them to fall. Goh quickly got up and ran towards his parked bicycle.
More than an hour later, he grabbed the breasts of a 20-year-old woman while she was talking to her mother on the cellphone. On Dec 31, he molested a 27-year-old woman at a void deck at Bedok Reservoir Road after pretending to ask her for directions. The victim's 27-year-old male friend heard her shouts for help and managed to detain Goh after a chase. Goh could have been jailed for up to two years or fined or caned or received any combined sentence on each charge.
