The judges upheld the previous finding that the victim lacked the capacity to give consent.
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\n\nA man in Singapore, convicted after stalking and raping an intoxicated woman in her home, lost his appeal to reduce his 15-year jail and 12 strokes of the cane sentence.
\n\nDhanabalan Fok Jin Jin, 43, had appealed against his rape conviction and to have his jail sentence reduced to 13 years.
\n\nAfter a nearly three-hour court hearing on Oct. 13, the judges dismissed the appeal.
\n\nThey decided to uphold both the conviction and sentence, as well as the order the accused to pay the victim about S$18,524 in compensation for the psychological harm caused.
\n\nFok appeared at court for the appeal hearing on bail.
\n\nOn Jan. 30, 2021, Fok, along with a friend Lee Kit, now 37, followed the victim and one of her friends for about 45 minutes at Holland Village after she had drinks.
\n\nSurveillance footage showed the two men stalking the victim and her friend between about 10:45pm and 11:30pm.
\n\nThe men then offered to drive the two women home.
\n\nThe victim initially turned the men down, but could not book a ride.
\n\nThe two…
Original source: https://mothership.sg/
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