A man was sentenced to eight years' corrective training and 12 strokes of the cane on Monday for sexually abusing a six-year-old boy.
Khamis Dawi, 47, had admitted to sexual assault by penetrating a minor at the void deck of an HDB block in July last year without his consent.
A district court heard that the victim and his seven-year-old sister were playing at the void deck on a Sunday in July last year when Khamis asked them to follow him.
He led them to some stone tables. The girl was afraid of him and ran away. She hid behind a nearby letter box and saw what Khamis did to her brother.
The offence came to light when the victim was warded in hospital on Aug 3 last year for stomach flu.
His sister revealed to a patient that she had seen her brother do something to a man.
The patient told his mother who advised the victim's mother to lodge a police report.
The victim was assessed to have low IQ and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
A psychiatrist had assessed Khamis, who has previous convictions, to have a high risk of sexual re-offending.
Source: ST Online
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