Man Who Raped Daughter, Tried To Feed Her Contraceptive Pills Sentenced To 21 Years

A court in Singapore has sentenced a 45-year-old man to prison for raping his 11-year-old daughter and then trying to feed her contraceptive pills, disguised as cough medicine.

The man was sentenced to 21 years in prison and 24 strokes of the cane Thursday, reported The Strait Times. The heinous act came to light after the girl told her mother about the pills.

The court was told the family emigrated to Singapore in 2008 from China, and have since obtained the country's citizenship. The family, including the victim's younger brother, lived in a four-room flat, but usually slept in one bedroom.

Reports said the man began touching his daughter inappropriately in 2017, and then moved on to more intrusive acts. The assaults took place at least once a month, either at night or on Saturday mornings when the victim's mother was at work.

Though the child tried to resist her father, her attempts went futile. The accused raped the girl on March 12, 2019, after which he went online and purchased a box of contraceptive pills. He threw the box away and placed the pills in a small ziplock bag from a family clinic, labeled "for cough."

He then tried to force the girl to take the pills during dinner on March 14, 2019, when his wife was in the kitchen. However, the girl told her mother her father wanted her to take the pills.

The woman confronted her husband, who confessed to having ejaculated into his daughter. The child was taken to the hospital and further tests revealed the full extent of the abuse.

During the trial, deputy public prosecutor Eugene Lee asked for 21 years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane for the man, citing the significant abuse of trust, the age of the victim and the one occasion where the accused failed to wear a condom, exposing her to disease.

The defense argued the client was "consumed by his regret," and immediately confessed to his crimes when his wife confronted him.

However, Judicial Commissioner Philip Jeyaretnam, while sentencing the man, said he committed these offenses against his biological daughter, who should have been the object of parental care and not abuse. "You abused your position of parental authority and betrayed her trust in you as her father," he said.