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February 22, 2021 The Straits Times file SINGAPORE - A girl who had been molested by her father at least once a week finally stood up to him at the age of 15 after suffering in silence for years. Instead of being contrite, the man punished her by locking her out of their flat for hours almost every day that month until her mother came home from work. When the abuse escalated to rape, the girl was so afraid of being punished that she simply covered her face with a pillow and silently endured the assaults. On Monday (Feb 22), the 44-year-old man was sentenced to 25 years jail and 24 strokes of the cane in a case described by the High Court judge as sickening . ....
SINGAPORE - A girl who had been molested by her father at least once a week finally stood up to him at the age of 15 after suffering in silence for years. Instead of being contrite, the man punished her by locking her out of their flat for hours almost every day that month until her mother came home from work. When the abuse escalated to rape, the girl was so afraid of being punished that she simply covered her face with a pillow and silently endured the assaults. On Monday (Feb 22), the 44-year-old man was sentenced to 25 years jail and 24 strokes of the cane in a case described by the High Court judge as sickening . ....
Man jailed for making and shooting airguns with metal parts from company workshop Toggle share menu Advertisement File photo of an airsoft gun. 03 Feb 2021 02:34PM) Share this content Bookmark SINGAPORE: After coming across a Nerf toy gun at a mall, a man became curious about how it worked and embarked on a quest to make his own airgun that could fire steel ball bearings. After studying airgun-making tutorials on YouTube and running multiple tests shooting from his Jurong West flat, the sheet-metal worker made three airguns with discarded scrap metal from his company s workshop. His shots damaged the windows of nine neighbours. ....
He also bought 200 steel ball bearings as bullets, purchasing more when supply ran out. He initially used a cardboard box at home as target practice but progressed to firing at trees 10 to 15 metres from his home as he was curious about the firing range of his second airgun, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Regina Lim. His third airgun was completed in October 2018. Again, he used the trees as target practice and then graduated to shooting at other nearby HDB blocks from his kitchen window to test the firing range of his third airgun. He continued firing at one target block until April 2019, shooting about 10 balls on each occasion, and in total, he fired at least 200 6mm ball bearings using the three airguns. ....