Monday, 27 Apr 2020 08:55 PM MYTSINGAPORE, April 27 — A 49-year-old man had his appeal against his conviction and sentence for raping two 14-year-old girls in 2017 dismissed by the Court of Appeal today.
Delivering its grounds of judgment, the Court of Appeal — comprising Judges of Appeal Andrew Phang and Steven Chong, and Justice Quentin Loh — said they agreed with Justice See Kee Oon, who presided over Isham’s trial, that the man had performed sexual acts on the victims against their consent. He had threatened his victims by saying that he would call his friends over to gang-rape them if they refused to have sex with him.
“The victims say that they only complied with the appellant’s demands out of fear,” said Judge Phang, adding that this was supported by other witnesses and objective evidence.On Isham’s point that he was a victim of a conspiracy, Judge Phang said “notable parallels” could be drawn between the victims’ testimonies.
On Isham’s appeal against his sentence, Judge Phang said the panel agreed with Justice See that the sentence was justified as there were a number of aggravating factors. But Judge Phang said that Isham had been “actively seeking” to disrupt his trial with his “bizarre” behaviour and his request for legal representation was another tactic to achieve this outcome.When the trial began in January, the court heard that he was not suffering from any mental health issues and was just “malingering”.
Rapist and pedofiles please...... Dont let them out