23 months’ jail for man caught naked by teen’s parents after he had sex with their daughter

Singapore — A man who was caught stark naked by the parents of the teenage girl he just had sex with received a jail sentence of 23 months on Thursday, (Oct 7).

Teo Yao Hong, 24, who had been a Grab driver and warehouse assistant at the time he committed the offences, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual penetration of a minor under 16. Four other similar counts were taken into consideration in his his sentencing.

Teo’s sexual relationship with the girl, which had begun when she was 14, was exposed when her parents saw him in their home after he emerged naked from a bathroom where he had been hiding.

Her mother called the police, and her father slapped Teo. They would not let him  put his clothes on until the police arrived to arrest him. A pair of his underpants was seized in the arrest.

In the course of the investigation, it was discovered that Teo had also had sex with another teenage girl whom he had met on a social networking app called MiChat.

But when he discovered that this girl had also sex with another man, he returned to the app to find another young gir.

Teo started chatting up his next teenage victim in June 2020,  when she was only 14,  while continuing to see the other teenager.

He thought of the younger girl as a “friend with benefits.”

Between June and October last year, Teo had sex with his new interest  at least four times,  in her family’s flat as well as  on a staircase landing of the building.

On Oct 19, 2020, he came over when she was home from school. But while the pair were in the bathroom after having sex, her parents came home unexpectedly. So Teo hid in the bathroom for an hour.  When he came out, still naked, the girl’s father angrily demanded if Teo knew how old the teenager was.

He replied he knew she was 15. Her father then slapped him.

The prosecution said Teo asked to be allowed to get dressed  but the girl’s mother refused. So he had to wait until the police arrived and arrested him. A pair of undergarments was seized.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Chong Kee En asked for a jail term of at least two years, calling this “more than fair” as Teo had exhibited the behaviour of a predator in initiating sexual contact with two teenage girls at the same time, which increased their risk of catching sexually-transmitted diseases.

For sexual penetration of a minor under 16, Teo,  could have been jailed for as long as 10 years and fined,  or both jailed and fined. /TISG

Dee Kosh appears in court to face 7 charges including sexual exploitation of youth, commercial sex with a minor