Sex predator gets 20 years

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Dec 11, 2009
Sex predator gets 20 years

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Rahimwas convicted by the High Court of two counts of sodomy, one counts of molestation and one count of gross indecency.

<!-- story content : start --> A CASUAL comment made by a sex predator to a religious teacher led to the uncovering of a series of abuse on a teenage boy. On Friday, Rahim Basron, 43, who has a criminal history of sex offences against young boys, was sentenced to 20 years' jail preventive detention and eight strokes of the cane. He was convicted by the High Court of two counts of sodomy, one counts of molestation and one count of gross indecency. The boy, now 16, had testified how Rahim had sexually abused him for two months in late 2006, under the pretext of performing a religious ritual. Rahim had befriended him in 2005 and the boy called him 'abang', Malay for big brother. They went to the same mosque together. In April last year, Rahim made a remark to a religious teacher at the mosque. His offences came to light when the religious teacher decided to dig deeper and questioned the boy.

 

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SINGAPORE: In 1994, Rahim Basron was jailed 10 months for molesting two boys. Four years later, he was sentenced to eight years in prison and 18 strokes of the cane for molesting another boy.

And in 2006, he sexually abused a 13-year-old student twice in the boy's home.

For his predilection for boys and past sexual convictions, the High Court sentenced the 43-year-old on Friday to 20 years of preventive detention in jail and eight strokes of the cane.

Rahim was convicted last month on four charges – two for sodomy, one for aggravated molestation and another for gross indecency.

Adding that a psychologist's assessment found Rahim to be a high-risk re-offender, Deputy Public Prosecutor Crystal Ong said that not only was he unremorseful but the escalation of the severity of his offences and inability to refrain from re-offending was "terrifying".

He had met his latest victim in 2005, near the boy's home, where he called out to him to advise him not to smoke or mix with bad company. Rahim befriended the teenager and even met up with his parents a year later.

During school holidays, the boy accompanied Rahim to sell food at various spots in Singapore. The teenager, now 16, testified during the trial that Rahim had first sexually assaulted him in November 2006.

After he had taken Rahim to his home when his family was out, Rahim asked if he knew the "mandi hadas" (a Muslim cleansing ritual).

Rahim then told the boy to undress and join him in the bathroom on the pretext of showing him the ritual, before proceeding to sexually abuse him. The second sexual assault occurred the following month.

His offences came to light when a policeman and a mosque cleric visited the boy's home last year to question him about Rahim's actions.


- TODAY/so