Widower molested woman who looked like his late wife, gets jail

SINGAPORE: Thinking {that a} stranger resembled his late spouse, a widower adopted the woman and later molested her as she tried to exit a carry.Sim Kah Hwee, 35, was jailed for 10 days on Thursday (Nov 25) for one rely of molestation.The court docket heard that Sim had gone for drinks with colleagues after work at about 7pm on Oct 18, 2019.He consumed "quite a lot of hard liquor" and took a journey dwelling to the Tampines space at about 11pm, mentioned the prosecutor.As Sim was strolling alongside a footpath close to a Housing Board block, he seen the sufferer, a 25-year-old woman.She resembled his late spouse, and he determined to observe her, as an alternative of going to his mom's home like he initially deliberate.The sufferer entered a carry at her block at about 11.45pm. As the doorways had been about to shut, Sim caught up together with her and pressed the button in order that he might enter.Inside the carry, he stood close to the doorways in order that the sufferer must squeeze previous him to exit the carry.When it reached her ground, the sufferer started strolling out of the elevator, and Sim grabbed her buttock.The sufferer rotated and scolded Sim, and Sim pressed the carry buttons in order that the doorways would shut. However, the sufferer tried to seize him together with her arms, and he pushed her apart and ran out.He took the steps down and walked away rapidly in the direction of his mom's home."The victim felt disgusted when the accused touched her, but was not injured in any way," mentioned the prosecutor.She referred to as the police saying {that a} man had simply groped her and ran away.The police arrested Sim within the Tampines space inside the hour. His blood pattern was examined and located to include 45mg of ethanol per 100ml of blood. Singapore's drink-driving authorized restrict is 80mg per 100ml.For molesting the sufferer, Sim might have been sentenced to 2 years' jail, a superb, caning, or any mixture of those penalties.