A HOUSEMAN with Tan Tock Seng Hospital who was caught trying to video tape a staff nurse in a shower room was sentenced to two weeks' jail on Wednesday.
Last week, Tan Swee Chin, 28, pleaded guilty to insulting the modesty of the 24-year-old woman on Jan 24.
On that day, he had hung a pouch containing a camera in a unisex shower at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
The victim, a nurse at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, was about to take a shower after her duties when she noticed a black waist pouch hung on the cubicle wall.
Upon closer inspection, she saw a green light inside the pouch and suspected it was a camera. She immediately alerted security.
The Deputy Public Prosecutor had asked for custodial sentence citing previous similar cases where the accused persons were sentenced to jail.
In asking for a leniency, counsel Ravinderpal Singh said the University of Melbourne graduate was genuinely very remorseful over what had happened and that it was a 'one-off incident'.
Tan had also written an apology letter to the victim and offered a compensation of $5,000 for the hurt and embarrassment caused.
Before passing the sentence, District judge May Mesenas said that the offence warranted time in jail as there was 'definitely pre-meditation and pre-planning on the part of the accused'.
She added that Tan had violated the trust among colleagues by placing the camera in a unisex staff toilet.
Judge Mesenas however also took into consideration that Tan is a first-time offender and had admitted to his guilt to the security guard as well as the impact his conviction will have on his career.
Tan could have been jailed up to a year, or fined $2,000, or both.
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