Mar 9, 2010
By Selina Lum & Sujin Thomas
FOR six hours, a 27-year-old man tormented the mother of his former girlfriend whom he had bound and gagged.
He finished by raping her in her bed, and helped himself to $100 from her wallet and her cellphone before leaving the scene.
The fast-food delivery man was yesterday jailed for 25 years and ordered to be given the maximum 24 strokes of the cane, following Deputy Public Prosecutor Chua Ying-hong's argument for the 'harshest punishment' for his relentless attacks on the 48-year-old divorcee.
Ms Chua told the High Court: 'The accused had callously violated the sanctity of the victim's body and home, immobilising her for an extended period of almost six hours, during which he treated her as his personal sex slave.'
The man cannot be named because the court has barred the publication of any information that may identify the victim.
The court heard that he had already broken up with the victim's daughter, but had continued visiting her and her mother.
