Keivan Motallebi moved into the shared apartment in January 2023, where a 26-year-old Chinese national had already been renting a room. On January 31 of that year, Motallebi approached her room naked, forced entry after she rejected his advances, and carried her to the master bedroom to rape her. Although he apologized to the victim immediately after the assault, she swiftly reported the crime to the police. Justice Mavis Chionh ruled that his immediate apology carried minimal mitigating weight because it lacked any concrete actions demonstrating accountability.
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The court rejected the argument that sharing the apartment diminished the aggravating fac…: The court rejected the argument that sharing the apartment diminished the aggravating factor of attacking the victim in her home.
Apologizing immediately following a sexual assault carries little mitigating weight if th…: Apologizing immediately following a sexual assault carries little mitigating weight if the perpetrator demonstrates no genuine accountability.
The victim acted promptly by reporting the sexual assault to the police shortly after the…: The victim acted promptly by reporting the sexual assault to the police shortly after the incident took place.
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The self-represented man disputed the prosecution's point that it was an aggravating factor that the victim was raped in her own home, saying that it was also his home.
SINGAPORE: After repeatedly failing in his pursuit of a relationship with his female housemate, a man accosted the woman and raped her before apologising and asking for forgiveness.
Iranian national Keivan Motallebi, 34, was sentenced on Wednesday (Nov 4) to 10 years' jail and six strokes of the cane.
He pleaded guilty to one count of rape, with a second similar charge taken into consideration.
The victim, whose identity is protected by gag order, arrived in Singapore from China on Jan 15, 2021. She rented a bedroom in a location that was redacted from court documents, from a female landlord who occupied the master bedroom.
The court heard that Motallebi moved into the unit in January 2023 and stayed in the master bedroom with the female landlord, who was not named. The nature of Motallebi's relationship with the landlord was not disclosed in court documents.
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