obedience4: A Singapore court has sentenced a Japanese man to jail and caning for the "brutal and cruel" rape of a university student in 2019. The 38-year-old hairdresser, Ikko Kita, is set to be the first Japanese national to be caned in the city state, the Japanese embassy in Singapore told BBC News.
He will be caned 20 times and also jailed for 17 and a half years
Caning is a controversial but widely used form of corporal punishment in Singapore, and is compulsory for offences like vandalism, robbery and drug trafficking. According to court documents, Kita met the woman at Clarke Quay, a popular nightlife district, in December 2019.
The woman, who was then 20, had not known Kita before. She was intoxicated when he took her to his flat and raped her. He also filmed the act on his mobile phone and later sent it to a friend. The victim managed to leave the apartment afterwards and reported the rape to police later that day. Kita was arrested on the same day and has been in police custody since. Police found two videos of the rape on his mobile phone.
Justice Aedit Abdullah called the assault "brutal and cruel", adding that the victim was "vulnerable, clearly drunk, and incapable of looking after herself". The judge also dismissed the defence's argument that the victim had allegedly given an initial indication of consent to sex. The sentencing has been widely reported in Japan and has also been trending on social media.
Some users have expressed shock at the use of caning in modern Singapore, though there have also been some celebrating the sentence. One said that "in Japan, when it comes to sexual assault, society and the police make victims feel guilty, and the punishment is far too lenient".
Singapore says caning acts as a deterrent to violent crime, though some rights groups say there is no clear evidence of this. Caning in Singapore involves being struck with a wooden stick on the back of the thigh, which can leave permanent scars.
According to rights group the Transformative Justice Collective, the cane measures about 1.5m (4.9ft) and not more than 1.27cm in diameter.
The practice drew international attention in 1994 when 19-year-old US citizen Michael Fay was given six strokes of the cane for vandalism.
Despite an appeal from US President Bill Clinton, Singapore authorities went ahead with the caning but gave Fay a reduced number of strokes.
Ashleyokeneye: Jude Victor William Bellingham is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and the England national team. Considered as one of the best footballers in the world, he is known for his technical abilities, tickling, vision and finishing. The clock timer inside the giant Arena AufSchalke had ticked around to 94 minutes 34 seconds when Jude Bellingham took to the air to produce an iconic moment that will take its place alongside the great England goals.
England had only 86 seconds to spare themselves from the humiliation of a defeat against Slovakia that would sit uncomfortably in the chamber of sporting horrors alongside the loss to Iceland at Euro 2016. Failure to do so would surely have signaled the end of Gareth Southgate’s time as England manager - it may still come soon irrespective of their fate in Germany - and a wide-ranging inquest into everything surrounding a mystifying failure to show up at Euro 2024, and then came Bellingham.
In a flash of genius that will be replayed and talked about for years, Bellingham took off in an audacious show of athleticism and individual skill to send a stunning overhead kick past Slovakia keeper Martin Dubravka. Think David Platt’s acrobatic hooked finish in the last seconds of extra time against Belgium at this same last-16 stage of Italia 90. Think Paul Gascoigne’s left-foot flick over Colin Hendry and volleyed right-foot finish against Scotland at Wembley in Euro 96. Think the 18-year-old Michael Owen's dazzling slalom run and finish into the roof of Argentina's net in the last 16 at the France 98 World Cup.
Bellingham’s goal was at least the equal of those as he somehow found the agility to rise and get on the end of Marc Guehi’s headed flick after 90 gruelling minutes when he had again struggled to make his usual impact. He turned away, appearing to mouth “who else?” to the joyous England fans. Who else indeed?
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VirginOlosho: A South African woman has been sentenced to life imprisonment after murdering her two boyfriends and 17-year-old son. Pamela Selani found out she had been infected with HIV and then became paronoid. She wrnt on a killing spree, murdering 3 people of whom she was convicted of. She is also alleged to have murdered her own grandmother too.
vanbonattel: Kidnapping is a serious crime and they should be punished as the law States.
Am worried about the worsening security situation in the Western side of Nigeria. Hardly does a day pass without many people being kidnapped, killed or their organs harvested.
They should warn all those Yoruba nations agitators to stop putting the region in jeopardy.