SISTER WEEPS, BUT BROTHER...
Younger brother rapes her last year
IMAGINE the nightmare this poor girl has had to endure.
First, her elder brother, who was entrusted by their parents to care for his siblings, raped her.
That was in 2001, when she was just 12. It is not clear how many times and for how long he preyed on her, but when he was taken to court in 2003, he faced two charges, with another two taken into consideration.
She may have breathed easier after he was sentenced to 20 years in jail.
But last year, she relived her worst nightmare.
This time, her younger brother forced himself on her in her bedroom in broad daylight while their mother was asleep in another room.
The family's tragic tale unfolded yesterday when the younger brother was convicted of raping her.
The boy, 16, who pleaded guilty to one charge of rape, faces up to 20 years in jail, like his elder brother.
Both accused and victim are mentally-challenged, with the sister, now 18, having an IQ of 64. None of the family members can be named to protect the victim's identity.
Details of the family's six-year saga of rape emerged when his lawyers, Mr Noor Marican and Mr Sunil Sudheesan, asked for the mitigation and sentencing to be postponed.
They want another psychiatrist to examine their client, who was also molested by the same older brother in 2002 when he was 11.
Mr Marican, of Marican & Associates, argued his case after Deputy Public Prosecutor Stella Tan read out the facts of the present case.
Asking Justice Choo Han Teck for an adjournment, Mr Marican said: 'There was an incident in 2002 when our client was sexually abused by his older brother. The brother is currently serving a 20-year imprisonment.
'If we mitigate based on the facts of the case, it wouldn't be fair to our client. We seriously feel that an independent psychiatric assessment on our client is necessary.'
The boy was on home leave from the Singapore Boys' Home when he raped his sister last 17 Sep.
Since April 2005, he had been detained at the home for breaching a probation order imposed in 2004 for committing theft, receiving stolen items and inhalant abuse.
But he was allowed to go home three Sundays in a month, and it was on one such Sunday that he committed his crime.
Around 4.20pm, he entered the victim's bedroom and closed the door.
Their mother was sleeping in the master bedroom and their 12-year-old mentally-challenged younger brother was playing a computer game in the living room.
BE QUIET
DPP Tan told the court that the accused told the victim to be quiet before forcing himself on her.
She tried to push him away, but he was too strong and raped her three times.
Upset over her ordeal, the victim cried in her bedroom, while the accused woke his mother up as he had to return to the Boys' Home by 6pm.
After her brother and mother left the flat, the victim went to her maternal uncle's home nearby.
Noticing his niece was not her usual self, he questioned her.
She cried and told her uncle and aunt what had happened.
The uncle called her mother and told her to take her son to his flat, instead of sending him back to the Boys' Home.
When she asked her son if he had done anything wrong to his sister, he denied it.
On their way to the uncle's flat in a bus, she asked him twice if he had had sex with his sister.
He swore that he did not. But on reaching the common corridor of his uncle's flat on the 17th floor, he turned and ran down the stairs.
His uncle and mother pursued him, but lost sight of him.
That night, the victim stayed with her grandmother, who took her to lodge a police report the next day.
FAILED TO RETURN
At around the same time, the Boys' Home lodged a police report against the boy for failing to return.
The accused was on the run for five days before he was arrested during a routine police check at Block 310 in Yishun Ring Road.
Dr Cai Yiming, a psychiatrist at the Institute of Mental Health, found the accused to have a nonchalant attitude.
In his report on 20 Dec last year, DrCai wrote: 'He spoke in a matter-of-fact manner with a lack of feeling for the victim. There was no sense of guilt or remorse of what he did.
'He could give an account of the offence. He stated that he raped the sister while on home leave from the Boys' Home.'
A further report on 17 Jan this year showed the accused, who had relationships with gang members, lacked empathy for his victim.
Dr Cai wrote: 'He was impulsive with poor behavioural control and risk-taking. He was beyond parental control and doesn't appear to have the capacity and motivation to change for the better.'
The boy will be sentenced at a date to be fixed.
Justice Choo ordered him to be remanded at Queenstown Remand Prison in the meantime.
The accused's parents, who were present in court, were solemn as details of the case were read out.
But they appeared concerned when the accused was brought into the dock, and communicated with him using hand signals.
The New Paper understands the victim is still living with her parents and siblings
One jailed, the other charged
- Eldest brother, then 15, sentenced to 20 years in jail and 10 cane strokes in March 2003 for sexually abusing siblings at home
- Charged with seven counts of raping sister, then under 14, and using criminal force on brother, 11, to outrage his modesty
- Charged as juvenile but tried as adult because of severity of offences
- Molested brother, now 16, charged with raping same sister while on leave from Boys' Home, where he was spending time for other offences
- Pleads guilty. Faces up to 20 years in jail, pending psychiatric evaluation
Source: http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/st...41299,00.html?
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