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On Mar. 6, 2024, the girl went over to his house again and the two had sex. The two engaged in sexual activities on 10 occasions in total from Dec. 20, 2023 to Apr. 5, 2024. On one such occasion in April 2024, the man picked the girl up from her home and they had sex in the car at a multi-storey car park at Block 440C Clementi Avenue 3. The man did not wear a condom on many of the occasions, prosecutors said. Friend reported to school teacher During the course of their relationship, the two created new Instagram accounts to message each other, and also used the disappearing message function when texting. The girl, however, told her close friends that she was in a sexual relationship with the man. After her friends came across sexually explicit messages and photos exchanged by the two, they felt the relationship was inappropriate given the man's age, his position as NCDCC instructor and the fact that he was married. On Apr. 5, 2024, one of the girl's friends heard from the girl that the man was driving her to school. The same day, the friend decided to approach the NCDCC teacher-in-charge at their school regarding the relationship. Three days later, the teacher made a police report about the inappropriate relationship between the man and the girl. The man was arrested on Apr. 11, 2024. Initially, the man denied being in a relationship with the girl, but subsequently confessed in the course of investigations. In May 2024, he breached the conditions of his bail by contacting the victim. Prosecutors said he was concerned she might engage in self-harm, so he messaged her for a day. Subsequently, the man admitted to police that he had contacted the victim. He held position of trust as CCA instructor: Judge The man pleaded guilty to three counts of sexually penetrating a minor. Seven similar charges and one charge of possessing obscene films were taken into consideration for his sentencing. The prosecution asked for a sentence of 30 to 36 months' imprisonment for the man, noting that as a married adult in his 30s who knew the victim was infatuated with him, he "ought to have distanced himself from the victim" instead of reciprocating her advances. Prosecutors also argued that the man "knew his relationship with the victim was inappropriate", evidenced by the steps he took to evade detection of their relationship. Nevertheless, prosecutors acknowledged that the man had not abused his position as instructor to get sex acts from her, and noted that the victim was close to 16 years old and had initiated the romantic relationship with the man. In mitigation, the man's defence lawyer said a psychiatrist found that the man was unhappy in his marriage, and assessed that the emergence of a "damsel in distress" could have clouded his judgment, according to The Straits Times. The lawyer added that the man regrets his lapse of judgment, and accepts that he ought to have "maintained proper boundaries between himself and the victim". The lawyer also noted that the man and his wife have gone for marriage counselling, and she has expressed her willingness to forgive him. In sentencing, the judge said that as the minor's CCA instructor, the man held a position of trust and was expected to guide and lead her. But the judge also accepted that he "did not seek her out, nor manipulate her into having a sexual relationship with him”, as quoted by ST. The man was sentenced to 30 months' jail with effect from Apr. 11, 2024. Previously, SCDF said in response to Mothership's queries that the man was removed from field-related duties and placed in an administrative post once SCDF was informed that the police were investigating him. The officer has also been interdicted on half-pay since Apr. 20, 2024. Top image from Canva
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