High Court conviction for aggravated sexual assault by penetration, criminal intimidation and perverting the course of justice, with complainant credibility and corroboration upheld.
The High Court convicted Koh Lee Hwa of outrage of modesty, rape, and sexual assault by penetration, rejecting his consent defence and imposing 12 years and three weeks' imprisonment plus 13 strokes.
The High Court convicted Lev Panfilov of outrage of modesty, sexual assault by penetration, and two rape charges, rejecting his consent defence and imposing 11 years 6 months’ imprisonment and 12 strokes.
The High Court held that SKM breached the PDPA by disclosing the complainant’s identity, but dismissed the appeal because no actionable loss or damage was proven.
Trial judgment convicting two accused persons of multiple sexual offences, intimate image possession, and obstructing justice arising from events in a Singapore hotel room.
Consent
Capacity to consent
Alcohol‑induced blackout/greyout
Witness credibility and 'unusually convincing' standard
The court admitted the accused's challenged VRI statements as voluntary after rejecting allegations of threats and inducements; the CCTV footage, the complainant's consistent testimony and parts of the accused's admissions collectively proved the physical elements of charges 1 (penile-vaginal), 3 (sucking breast/touching vagina), 4 (penile-oral) and 5 (licking vagina) beyond reasonable doubt while charge 2 (digital penetration) lacked independent corroboration and was acquitted; the complainant did not consent due to incapacitation and inability to resist; s 73(1) Penal Code applied (no s 73(…
Trade credit insurance claims were dismissed after the court found an unauthorised assignment, breaches of cooperation and disclosure terms, and insufficient proof of genuine trades.
The High Court convicted the accused of outrage of modesty and rape, accepted the complainant’s account as credible and corroborated, and imposed a global sentence of 13 years and 4 weeks’ imprisonment plus nine strokes.
The High Court convicted CHJ of two counts of sexual assault by penetration and one count of obstructing the course of justice, imposing eight years' imprisonment and six strokes.