A man who persuaded two underaged girls to carry out sex acts on him and a teenaged boy, pleaded guilty to his crimes in court yesterday.
The 26-year-old got acquainted with the 15-year-old secondary school boy in a gaming shop in January 2008.
They cannot be named to protect the girls' identities.
Six months later, the boy introduced him to two 12-year-old girls.
The man got into a romantic relationship with one of them, which lasted only one day.
But three days after they broke up, the girl told him that she wanted to go swimming with him.
The four friends then decided to spend the afternoon at a pool in a condominium.
After the swim on Aug 8, 2008, the four went to a toilet for handicapped people where the girls masturbated them.
The girls later made a police report.
Mr Benedict Teo, who is representing the man, told the court his client suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and has social adjustment problems which make it difficult for him to make friends with his peers.
Mr Teo said the four had agreed to the acts and were engaging in a one-off act of sexual experimentation.
The boy had been sentenced to 15 months' probation in July.
District Judge Low Wee Ping said that it was irrelevant to discuss if the victim gave her consent as the man had been charged under the Children and Young Persons Act.
Judge Low reiterated: "It is inferred by law that a victim of that age is incapable of giving consent, even if she said 'yes'."
Source: TODAY
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