quarta-feira, 2 de junho de 2010

Maid jailed for sexual abuses

By Elena Chong


AN INDONESIAN maid who had sex with her employer's son was jailed for 36 months by a district court on Wednesday.

The 27-year-old had admitted earlier to committing an obscene act with the boy, then 11, by touching his private parts and having sex with him towards the end of June last year. She also admitted to performing oral sex on the boy on Christmas Day last year. He had turned 12 by then.

She was found out when the boy's grandmother happened to pass by her room to check on the victim who had had taken an unsually long time in the toilet. The grandmother was then staying with the family in the east of Singapore at the time. She asked the boy what the accused had done to him, but he refused to say anything. He finally told his father two days later. A police report was made.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Cassandra Cheong sought a deterrent sentence in view of a number of aggravating factors such as the victim's age, abuse of trust by the accused who took advantage of his naivete and innocence. She said the domestic helper, who is single, was supposed to care for the victim and his siblings but had instead made use of her position to satisfy her own sexual desires.