Man gets jail and caning for violating sleeping woman in backseat of private-hire car
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SINGAPORE — A man insisted on following a woman home in a private-hire car after they had drinks and violated her when she fell asleep. During the journey, Muhammad Syafiq Danial Abdullah unzipped his trousers and forced himself on her. When the 37-year-oMan gets jail and caning for violating sleeping woman in backseat of private-hire car
SINGAPORE — A man insisted on following a woman home in a private-hire car after they had drinks and violated her when she fell asleep. During the journey, Muhammad Syafiq Danial Abdullah unzipped his trousers and forced himself on her. When the 37-year-old woman woke up a while later, she found herself lying face down on the man's lap. On Sept 26, Syafiq, who is now 26 years old, was sentenced to six years and eight months' jail and six strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to a charge of rape. The definition of rape in the Penal Code was expanded in 2020 to include oral and anal penetration without consent. Another charge, for molesting the woman in the car, was taken into consideration in sentencing. Syafiq, who worked as a commercial diver at the time, met the victim for the first time on the evening of Sept 24, 2022, at a band performance. They had separately gone to a restaurant in Upper Circular Road to support their friends, who were members of the same band. After the performance, the woman met Syafiq when she joined her friend at his table. Read more