Man on trial for alleged rape of younger cousin when he was a teen

SINGAPORE: A 22-year-old man is on trial for allegedly raping his younger cousin between 2013 and 2018 when he was aged 12 to 15 and she was 8 to 11. He faces two counts of raping a minor and one count of sexually assaulting a minor, with the prosecution detailing that the assaults began when she was six and continued regularly until she reported the incidents in January 2021. The trial is ongoing at the High Court, with 14 witnesses set to testify, and the accused faces a potential sentence of 8 to 20 years in prison and caning if convicted.

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