The girl was tortured and abused in a Housing and Development Board flat in Ang Mo Kio in one of the most horrific cases in Singapore's history.
On New Year's Eve, while the girls and their boyfriends were out celebrating, the victim was tied to the sofa and her mouth taped shut.
However, JC Singh mentioned that Yeo Kim Han was 17 years old, a member of a lion dance troupe and had gone overseas for performances, which showed that he was of a higher level of maturity and should be held to a higher level of culpability for the same offences.
Two of his lesser charges, namely rioting and causing hurt with a weapon, also included two and four strokes of the cane respectively.
[3] The case was re-enacted in Singaporean crime shows True Files in 2002 and In Cold Blood in 2011.