After a night of pub-crawling with a 20-year-old man he only befriended weeks earlier, a 40-year-old man agreed to let the younger man “crash”, or sleep, at his place. But after the younger man fell asleep on the floor of his bedroom, Jeffrey Pe sexually assaulted his...
The judge found that Pe was a disingenuous witness whose claims were not borne out by objective evidence.
In sentencing on Monday, Justice Chionh said an aggravating factor in the case was the harm caused to the victim, who was diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder with possible post-traumatic stress symptoms.The victim, who had just broken up with his long-time girlfriend, was interested in a woman at the pub and decided to befriend Pe, who appeared to be connected to her.
In the early hours of Aug 6, 2017, Pe invited the victim to his home for drinks, but the meeting fell through. There, Pe gave the younger man an alcoholic drink, and the victim fell asleep on the floor of the bedroom in his own clothes.
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