Sep 3, 2010
Paedophile jailed 1 1/2 years
<!-- by line --> By Khushwant Singh
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A MILITARY policeman, moonlighting as a tutor, convinced the mother of a student, to let him sleep over for two nights in 2008. Unknown to her, Kittredge Chan Lead Whye was a paedophile and used the opportunity to fondle the boy's private parts on both nights, before masturbating in front of the nine-year-old.
Chan, 23, was jailed a total of 1 1/2 years on Friday for outrage of modesty and performing an obscene act in front of the child. Two other outrage of modesty charges were taken into consideration by the judge in the sentencing.
Chan had pleaded guilty on Aug 19. Then, the district court heard that he had taught the boy English and mathematics at a private tuition centre in 2007. It was then he first fondled the boy's private parts but the child did not tell anyone. Since his grades did not improve, the boy's mother took him out of the tuition centre in early 2008 and got Chan to tutor him at home three times a week.
