Singapore sentences man to 12 years’ jail for raping granddaughter, causing her ‘serious psychological harm’
- The girl, who was 11 when she was raped, had engaged in self-harm and had suicidal thoughts to cope with distress from the incident
- She kept replaying in her head what her maternal grandfather did, had nightmares of him raping her and became afraid of older men of his age
But instead of going home immediately after that, the man decided to take his granddaughter to a secluded staircase, where he began to violate her by kissing her without her consent and forcing her to engage in a sexual act.
The incident caused “serious emotional and psychological harm” to the girl, who kept replaying what her grandfather did to her in her head and had nightmares of him raping her. She would also hurt herself and became afraid of older men of her grandfather’s age.
It was only around six months after the incident that the girl broke her silence and told her school counsellors what had happened.
On Monday, the man, who is now 68, was sentenced to 12 years’ jail after pleading guilty to one charge of rape.
Eight other charges for outrage of modesty on the same victim from 2019 to 2021 were taken into consideration for sentencing.
