SINGAPORE: A hairstylist who came across an intoxicated university student in Clarke Quay in 2019 took her home, where he committed multiple acts of rape against her in a case the judge called "brutal and cruel". Kita Ikko, a 38-year-old Japanese national, filmed the sexual assault and sent the footage to a friend. The victim, who was 20 at the time, continues to grapple with post-traumatic stress
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