Man who raped unconscious woman after hubby's invitation loses appeal

Conviction sound, says Court of Appeal; he has been sentenced to 13 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane

- Selina Lum

A married man who was invited by another man to rape the latter's unconscious wife failed in his appeal on Feb 27 against his conviction and sentence of 13 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane.

The 46-year-old finance executive was one of seven men implicated in a case where husbands with wife-sharing fantasies had their own partners drugged and then raped by others.

The man, O, was the only one out of the seven who claimed trial instead of pleading guilty.

He was charged with conspiring with another man, J, to rape J's wife at J's flat between 2010 and 2011.

O denied raping J's wife.

During O's trial in 2023, J said he invited O over to rape his wife in March 2011 on their wedding anniversary after spiking her wine with sleeping pills.

J was testifying as a prosecution witness during the trial. He had earlier been sentenced to 29 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane.