They frequently hanged out at the younger boy's home.īut the older teen started molesting the boy later that year.

He cannot be named due to a gag order to protect his victims' identities.ĭeputy Public Prosecutor Nicholas Lai told the court that the offender first met the 13-year-old boy at a school camp in January last year, but lost contact with him and reconnected at a barbecue event seven months later. On Monday (Dec 17), the offender, now 18, pleaded guilty to one count each of molestation and sexual exploitation of a child. This time, however, the teen was caught after the child's mother came across the text messages that he had sent to her son. He repeatedly harassed the child to send nude pictures of himself but was rejected.

The older teen, who was 17 at the time, molested him frequently by grabbing his private parts.ĭespite being confronted by the victim's friends, the offender managed to get away.Īnd he soon set his sight on a second victim - a 10-year-old boy. A teenager befriended a 13-year-old from his secondary school and started hanging out with the younger boy.īut their meet-ups soon turned into nightmare for the boy.