Armpit sniffer gets jail and cane[Singapore]

Reuters ^ | 15 June 2008 | Melanie Lee

[BGHater]

A Singapore man with a penchant for sniffing women's armpits was sentenced to 14 years in jail and 18 strokes of the cane for molesting his victims, a local newspaper reported Friday.

The 36-year-old, who the Straits Times said was mentally unstable, had previous convictions for drug and sex-related offences.

He molested 23 women over the course of 15 months, smelling their armpits and touching them in lifts, staircase landings and their homes, the paper said. He was caught after a housewife reported him to the police.

The court meted out the jail term, normally reserved for hardcore criminals, saying the man was likely to commit crimes again, the paper reported.

Caning on the buttocks is an additional punishment for male criminals in Singapore for offences ranging from vandalism to illegal possession of drugs and rape.

[BGHater]

Wrong place to sniff armpits. Should have tried toe sucking.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

How many times must we put up with stories about armpit sniffers gone bad?

[Nonstatist]

14 years? He would have been better of kidnapping, raping, and then throwing them off a building.

[benjamin032]

Everyone knows that armpits are a gateway sniff.

[Revolting cat!]

He could make a career as an American football coach.

[John123]

Can we send Billy “the Willy” to Singapore?

[raven92876]

ping

[avacado]

"How many times must we put up with stories about armpit sniffers gone bad?"

This younger generation of arm pit sniffers just don't have any manners.

[buck jarret]

Men under fifty should behave themselves while in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.

[null and void]

There are places he could get paid for that...

[oneamericanvoice]

14 YEARS?! YEARS?! AND 18 STROKES?! For doing WHAT? Sniffing a woman’s armpits?! Weird, of course, but.... Bit over the top, I think.

Toe sucking would have gotten him 18 years and 25 stokes.

Where did Singapore go off the planetary rocker?

[oneamericanvoice]

Men under fifty should behave themselves while in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. Yeah. They should wait until they get to Thailand.

[Revolting cat!]

Uh, the pitcher rule!

[Cementjungle]

I remember that photo! That’s from the coffee-table book... something like “Life in the USSR”. Great book, lots of very cool pictures depicting life in the USSR.

[llevrok]

I wonder if he had a penchant for deodorized or not.

[Albion Wilde]

[tet68]

Oh, this is the pits.
Any way, if he’s mentally deranged what point is served by caning him.
I’d be up in arms.

[Whiplash]

BG, you are so wrong for that. Wrong, just wrong.

[Revolting cat!]

Mmmmmmmm... armpits!

[samtheman]

I bet now he wishes EVERYBODY used Dial.