Singapore jails man 20 years for ‘wicked’ rape of 9-year-old step-granddaughter
The judge allowed ‘little leniency’ for using a relative for ‘lust’, given the victim’s great psychological harm, PTSD, and self-harm
The victim, who later developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and engaged in self-harm, was in the care of her grandmother as her father was in jail and her mother was not in the picture.
The man pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of raping a minor and another of sexual assault by penetration of a minor. Another 12 charges were taken into consideration.
The court heard that the victim’s father had been incarcerated since 2010 and was not involved in her upbringing. She had never met her mother, and she had stayed with her grandmother since she was born.
The offender moved into the unit with the victim and her grandmother when he remarried the grandmother in 2008. They had married each other in 1996 but divorced in 2000.
The trio slept in one room, with the girl sleeping on the floor and the adults sharing the bed.
From 2016 to 2017, the man sexually assaulted the victim on at least nine occasions, when she was nine to 10 years old.