A man who sneaked into a dormitory at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in the dead of the night and tried to force his way into bedrooms to look at female residents has been sentenced to 14 months’ jail. Muhammad Shahrin Mohd Shah, 37, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to...
Deputy public prosecutor Tan Jing Min on Wednesday asked the court to sentence him to at least nine to 13 months’ jail for the housebreaking offences, saying Shahrin was clearly undeterred by his previous sentence.
The prosecutor said Shahrin used his company vehicle to get to the hall at NTU at around 3.30am on Sept 9, 2022.He then headed towards the hall and loitered along the common corridors, before he attempted to open the doors to the rooms at level 2. On Dec 1, 2022, at about 3.45am, Shahrin drove his company vehicle to the carpark at a different hall at NTU.
He wandered along the common corridor and entered rooms which were unlocked. This time, he used a towel to turn the handles.He tried entering the room belonging to a 23-year-old woman, but could not as the door was locked. The victim, who was asleep, was awoken by the sound.
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