A MOLESTER with a fixation for smelling women's armpits was sentenced to 14 years in jail and ordered caned 18 times, Singapore news reports.
Mohammed Ismail Ariffin, 36, was convicted of molesting 23 females from girls as young as 9 to women in their 50s, The Straits Times said.
Community Court Judge James Leong imposed a preventive detention sentence, a jail term for hardcore prisoners with no chance of parole.
Mohammed Ismail stalked his victims and followed them into lifts, staircase landings or their homes. In some cases, he restrained them.
Apart from sniffing his victims' armpits, Mohammed Ismail also was guilty of fondling a 13-year-old and exposing himself to a 53-year- old cleaner, the court found.
Following a report from a housewife that a man had smelled her armpit on January 3, the police took a semen swab at the scene which led them to Mohammed Ismail.
A detention report submitted to the court today said the man's crime pattern put him in a group with more than a 62-per-cent chance of committing crimes again within two years of release from prison.
Pleading for leniency, lawyer Noor Mohamed Marican urged the judge to send Mohammed Ismail for a rehabilitative program and medical treatment instead of imposing a long sentence.
"The facts of the case speak for themselves," Leong was quoted as saying.
The judge said he found "precious little" in Mohammed Ismail's favour, except that he pleaded guilty.
He had previous convictions since 1991 for drug and sex-related offences.
Source: www.news.com.au
Community Court Judge James Leong imposed a preventive detention sentence, a jail term for hardcore prisoners with no chance of parole.
Mohammed Ismail stalked his victims and followed them into lifts, staircase landings or their homes. In some cases, he restrained them.
Apart from sniffing his victims' armpits, Mohammed Ismail also was guilty of fondling a 13-year-old and exposing himself to a 53-year- old cleaner, the court found.
Following a report from a housewife that a man had smelled her armpit on January 3, the police took a semen swab at the scene which led them to Mohammed Ismail.
A detention report submitted to the court today said the man's crime pattern put him in a group with more than a 62-per-cent chance of committing crimes again within two years of release from prison.
Pleading for leniency, lawyer Noor Mohamed Marican urged the judge to send Mohammed Ismail for a rehabilitative program and medical treatment instead of imposing a long sentence.
"The facts of the case speak for themselves," Leong was quoted as saying.
The judge said he found "precious little" in Mohammed Ismail's favour, except that he pleaded guilty.
He had previous convictions since 1991 for drug and sex-related offences.
Source: www.news.com.au
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