Man gets jail for posting image of his wife having sex with her supervisor

SINGAPORE: A 27-year-old man was sentenced to 13 weeks' jail on Friday (Dec 3) for stealing his then-wife's telephone and posting an image of the girl having sex with her supervisor on Facebook.The man, who can't be named because of gag orders defending the sufferer's id, pleaded responsible in September to a cost every of theft and distributing an intimate image. Another two expenses have been thought-about in sentencing.The couple has since divorced. At the time of the offences in February final 12 months, the person was nonetheless married to the 30-year-old sufferer, however he was estranged from her and had moved out of the matrimonial dwelling.On Feb 6, 2020, he went to her dwelling to make use of the bathroom, earlier than taking her telephone and operating out of the home.He regarded by way of her telephone as he suspected she was having an affair and located a number of intimate photographs and movies of her. He used his personal telephone to {photograph} and movie the footage, together with: A four-second clip of the sufferer's chest with her face partially seen, a 16-second video of her absolutely bare, and an image of her having sex with her work supervisor, with each their faces absolutely seen.The man later returned the telephone to the sufferer, however didn't inform her in regards to the footage he had of her.At round 8am on Feb 12, 2020, he posted his wife's intimate photographs on Facebook in order that "everyone can see them", court docket paperwork mentioned.He claimed he did in order he didn't need others to "share the same fate" as him, and set the submit to "public" in order that it may very well be considered by everybody. He additionally included the identify and occupation of his wife's supervisor in his submit, describing him as a homewrecker and warning individuals to bear in mind of him.In his submit, he included the image of his wife having sex with her supervisor, in addition to photographs of the supervisor and screenshots of textual content conversations she had with him.The submit went viral and was shared about 2,000 instances by 4pm that day, with about 3,000 likes and 1,000 feedback. A good friend of the supervisor knowledgeable him in regards to the submit throughout the hour, whereas the sufferer obtained calls from her mates over it.Not anticipating that the submit would "receive so much attention", the person later eliminated it.The prosecution had sought 18 months' jail, whereas lawyer Wee Hong Shern requested for 5 to seven weeks' jail.

EX-WIFE COMMITTED SACRILEGE: DEFENCE

Mr Wee mentioned his shopper has no prior convictions and has suffered from this ordeal, growing main depressive dysfunction. He mentioned his shopper has tried to obey his faith by trusting his then-wife and inspiring her to not interact in "haram" actions.It was the sufferer who abused his shopper's belief, Mr Wee mentioned, noting that she was his wife on the time and "had committed sacrilege" by participating in sexual activity with one other man.Instead of being ashamed or clandestine in her affair, she as an alternative "had the audacity to immortalise her sacrilege by consenting to and keeping a recording of her sexual intercourse of the extra-marital affair"."Whilst she may not have done anything criminal, her acts are revoltingly immoral," mentioned Mr Wee.His shopper was allowed to start his jail time period on Dec 17. The prosecution intends to enchantment.For theft, the person might have been jailed as much as seven years and fined. For deliberately distributing an intimate image of one other individual, he might have been jailed as much as 5 years, fined, caned, or given a mix of these punishments.