8 weeks’ jail for construction worker who followed 13-year-old home, pestered her for ‘sex, sex, sex’
- Hossain Mohammad Akram first followed a 13-year-old girl home from an MRT station
- He pursued her after they exited the lift but a neighbour helped her to escape him
- Hossain then tailed another 16-year-old girl to her flat
- He later admitted to the police that he wanted to have sex with them
BY
LOUISA TANG
Published June 3, 2022Updated June 3, 2022
SINGAPORE — A 28-year-old man was sentenced to eight weeks’ jail on Friday (June 3) for harassing a 13-year-old secondary school student for sex after following her home from Marsiling MRT Station.
When Hossain Mohammad Akram’s attempts were foiled by the victim’s neighbour, he followed a 16-year-old girl into the lift and chased her upon exiting.
She managed to get home and lock the gate of her flat, but he tried to pull it open while grasping his crotch over his pants at the same time. He soon fled and was arrested at a nearby bus stop.
On Friday, Hossain, a Bangladeshi who worked as a construction worker here, pleaded guilty to one charge each of using criminal force on the younger girl and harassing her.
Another charge of trespass was taken into consideration for sentencing. He was not charged with any offences in relation to the older girl.
The girls cannot be named due to court orders to protect their identities.
A 13-year-old was returning home from school when he began following her from behind at Marsiling MRT Station. He then boarded the same bus as her and alighted when she did.
During investigations, he stated that he tailed her “to do the sex” and that it was for his “mental peace”.
When the victim noticed him staring at her at the bus stop, she stood at a corner until he walked away.
Thinking that he had left, she went to the lift lobby at the block of flats where she lived and pressed the button for the lift. He then showed up once more, entered the lift first and gestured for her to follow him.
She had previously learned to press the lift button for the level below her home, then go up via the staircase, if suspicious people were in the lift with her.
WANTED 'TO DO THE SEX'
The court heard that Hossain struck on April 7 this year.Hossain did not press any button. Instead, he stood with his arms crossed and stared at her.
The victim left the lift when the doors opened and Hossain followed her. He then held onto her elbow and told her: “Sex, sex, sex!”
This prompted her to shout for help, but he held onto her backpack to prevent her from leaving.
The victim's 27-year-old neighbour was about to shut the gate of his own flat when he heard her.
Seeing the neighbour, Hossain let go of her backpack.
She managed to escape to the neighbour’s flat. When the neighbour asked Hossain what he wanted, he replied with “no problem, no problem” and walked back to the lift.
Thinking that he had left, the neighbour decided to take the victim home. But when the lift doors opened to reveal Hossain once more, the victim ran back to the neighbour’s home.
The neighbour continued watching Hossain from a distance and saw him trespassing another unit by pulling the gate handle. Hossain left only after the neighbour and the unit’s occupants told him to do so.
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/construction-worker-followed-teenager-lift-sex-1915946
