Defence lawyer T.M. Sinnadurai pleaded for a lenient sentence, saying his client’s offences involved “fleeting” touches. For each count of molestation, offenders can be jailed for up to two years and fined or caned.

Mr T.M. Sinnadurai said his client had joined a counselling programme and attended counselling sessions at Raffles Hospital. For voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon, He could have been jailed for up to seven years and fined.

A victim in one of the accidents, which occurred on the same day last year, suffered a spinal fracture. Defence lawyer T.M. Sinnadurai had pleaded for a lenient sentence, adding that it was “a one-off and clear case of misjudgment” He could be jailed for up to six months and fined up to $1,000.