The offender was 22 when he matched with the 13-year-old victim on a Telegram bot and asked her to be his girlfriend
A man who posed as a teenager online to talk to underage girls was sentenced to 11 years’ jail and 10 strokes of the cane on Tuesday.
The Singaporean, now aged 25, who cannot be named due to gag orders protecting the identity of two victims, pleaded guilty to two counts of statutory rape, one count of sexual grooming of a minor and one count of sexual penetration of a minor.
Another 14 charges were taken into consideration for sentencing.
The court heard that the offender held various jobs such as a banquet server, warehouse assistant, swimming teacher, clerk and luge operator.
In August 2023, when the offender was 22 years old, he matched with a 13-year-old girl on a Telegram bot.
The offender knew the girl’s age, as she stated it in her profile.
Although the offender lied in his profile that he was 15, the girl asked him about his age as he looked older in his photos.
Source: News - South China Morning Post
