SINGAPORE — The prosecution is seeking nine years’ jail and seven strokes of the cane for a former Singapore Armed Forces regular who targetted and molested two young girls at HDB flats.
However, District Judge John Ng declined to call for a Newton hearing, saying that the two sets of psychiatric reports submitted to the court were comprehensive enough. As such, Muzammil argued for a mandatory treatment order for his client, which meant that his client would have gone through psychiatric treatment in lieu of jail time. However, DJ Ng dismissed the sentencing option as “without legal basis”. An MTO is inapplicable in Ardlee’s case as his offence has a specified minimum sentence of jail.
Facts of the case Ardlee developed a sexual interest in young girls some time in December 2017 after reading about pedophilic behaviour online and news articles about sexual offences. Months later, Ardlee assaulted the 10-year-old victim. On 21 May 2018, he left his workplace at the SAFTI Military Institute still dressed in his work attire and drove to a carpark to scout for a target when he spotted his potential victim.
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