Jail for father who asked 10-year-old daughter for sex act while he was drunk, showed her obscene videos

SINGAPORE — A man, while intoxicated, asked his then 10-year-old daughter to stroke his penis and, on several occasions, showed her pornographic material from his phone. 

On Tuesday (Aug 20), the man, now 55, was sentenced to 18 months' jail after pleading guilty to a charge of procuring an indecent act by a child or young person. 

Two charges were taken into consideration for sentencing. One for obtaining and circulating obscene material to a young person under 21 and another for possessing obscene material. 

The man cannot be named by court order to protect the victim’s identity or anything that could lead to her identification. 

The man was residing in the same flat with his wife, parents-in-law, his two sons and the victim during the time of the incident. 

WHAT HAPPENED 

Court documents stated that the man would regularly drink alcohol at all hours of the day. 

Sometime in 2019, he had drunk alcohol at home and was feeling intoxicated. He then asked the victim to go over and touch his private parts. 

When the victim refused to do so, he took her hand and did it.

On other occasions in 2019, he would receive pornographic videos from his friends. 

On at least one occasion, he showed the victim the videos. 

The man estimated that he did so on about three to four occasions, court documents stated. However, he would never show such videos to his two sons.

The victim felt uncomfortable due to these incidents but did not initially tell anyone about them. 

She eventually made a police report about these incidents on Feb 10 last year.

When the man was arrested the next day, the police also found 140 obscene films on his mobile phone. 

Deputy Public Prosecutor Yohanes Ng sought a sentence of between 18 and 24 months' jail, noting that the victim was only 10 years old at the time and was “particularly vulnerable”. 

He also said there was “some element of coercion” when the man took the victim’s hand to stroke himself. 

“The abuse of trust is particularly egregious as it is coming from a biological parent to a child,” DPP Ng said. 

He added that the man would be in prison for less time than the victim has had and will have to live with the memories of her father. 

“Having acted so callously against his own daughter to satisfy his own perverse desires, the accused must now bear the consequences of his actions.”

For procuring or attempting to procure an indecent act by a child or young person, the man could have been jailed for up to five years or fined up to S$10,000, or both. 

For showing obscene material to a child or young person under 21 years of age, the man could been jailed for up to a year or fined, or both. 

Those who possess obscene material can be jailed for up to six months or fined a minimum of S$500 for each obscene film, or both.