S'pore boy admits to raping maid

S'pore boy admits to raping maid

SINGAPORE (AFP): A 14-year-old Singaporean has admitted raping his family's 15-year-old Indonesian maid after getting her drunk on premium cognac, the Straits Times reported Saturday.

The boy admitted in a High Court hearing Friday he gave the maid a cup of cognac to drink one night last January, which knocked her out, the newspaper said.

He later sneaked into a bedroom where the maid was sleeping with his five-year-old sister, stripped the maid of her underwear, put on a condom taken from his parents' wardrobe, and started raping her, the court was told.

When the maid awoke in pain, he put her clothes back on and left the room. She reported the incident to the Indonesian embassy and the Singapore police.

The boy said he was told by a previous lawyer to lie by telling the court the maid had consented to have sex with him, but he felt guilty and eventually confessed to the crime.

His present lawyer told the court that the boy, the eldest child of fishmongers, was a well-behaved student who gave in to pubescent sexual urges.

The judge, who called for a pre-sentence report on the boy, asked state prosecutors to look into the previous lawyer's behavior and "if necessary refer the matter to the Law Society for the attempt to pervert the course of justice," the report said.