SINGAPORE: A secondary school teacher who saw a man kissing a 12-year-old boy at a McDonald's outlet found the behaviour inappropriate and continued to monitor them.
He is accused of trying to molest the boy again early the next day. He also faces two charges that have been stood down or set aside for the trial - for showing the boy pornography and voluntarily causing hurt to him.On Thursday, Ms Renuga told the court that she had gone to a McDonald's outlet at the Woodlands Civic Centre on Jun 2, 2017 to get food for her sister when she spotted the accused and the victim.
Ms Renuga said she then saw the man move his hand to hold the boy by the hip before sliding his hand down to his buttocks. Sensing something amiss, Ms Renuga contacted a friend who worked at the boy's school, and told her what happened. She also showed her two photos she had taken of the boy with the accused.When asked by the prosecutor how she was able to remember this incident even though it happened three years ago, Ms Renuga said the incident was close to her heart as she had told her family about what happened once she got home.
Mr Kalaithasan suggested that an adult man could adopt a boy of a different race and hold his hands, and Ms Renuga agreed, but insisted that she felt something was wrong.
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