An Indian nurse working at Singapore’s Raffles Hospital has been sentenced to one year and two months in jail for molesting a male visitor. The court passed the sentence on Friday.
He also received two strokes of the cane, a form of corporal punishment for the same.
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The 34-year-old nurse, Elipe Siva Nagu, committed the offence in June this year inside a patient’s toilet at the hospital on North Bridge Road, according to court documents.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Eugene Phua told the court that the victim had gone to visit his grandfather, who was admitted to the hospital.
At around 7.30 pm, the victim went to use the toilet and Elipe looked inside while he was using it. On the pretext of wanting to “disinfect” the victim, Elipe put soap on his hand and molested him.
The victim, shocked by the incident, did not react immediately and later returned to his grandfather’s bedside. The case was reported to the authorities a few days later, and Elipe was arrested on June 23.
DPP Phua informed the court that the incident caused the victim emotional distress, including recurring flashbacks. The hospital suspended Elipe from his nursing duties following the offence, news agency PTI reported citing The Straits Times.
In a separate case last month, another Indian national and Singapore permanent resident, Ankit Sharma, 46, was jailed for four years for molesting a woman in a nursing room at Changi City Point mall.
He also received two strokes of the cane, a form of corporal punishment for the same.
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The 34-year-old nurse, Elipe Siva Nagu, committed the offence in June this year inside a patient’s toilet at the hospital on North Bridge Road, according to court documents.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Eugene Phua told the court that the victim had gone to visit his grandfather, who was admitted to the hospital.
At around 7.30 pm, the victim went to use the toilet and Elipe looked inside while he was using it. On the pretext of wanting to “disinfect” the victim, Elipe put soap on his hand and molested him.
The victim, shocked by the incident, did not react immediately and later returned to his grandfather’s bedside. The case was reported to the authorities a few days later, and Elipe was arrested on June 23.
DPP Phua informed the court that the incident caused the victim emotional distress, including recurring flashbacks. The hospital suspended Elipe from his nursing duties following the offence, news agency PTI reported citing The Straits Times.
In a separate case last month, another Indian national and Singapore permanent resident, Ankit Sharma, 46, was jailed for four years for molesting a woman in a nursing room at Changi City Point mall.
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