Fake psychic jailed 15 years after tricking girlfriend’s daughter, 17, into having sex with him
Taxi driver claimed to have supernatural powers, said he was performing rituals to protect victim’s younger sister from evil spirits
A taxi driver who claimed to have special powers and tricked his girlfriend’s 17-year-old daughter into having sex with him 14 times was jailed for 15 years after the High Court on Monday found him to be in breach of the trust placed in him by the family.
While noting that the 50-year-old man had faced a midlife crisis and had sought gratification by fooling the victim and her family members with his made-up supernatural abilities, Mr Justice Patrick Li Hon-leung also criticised the single mother for her failure to protect her children.
The judge sentenced the fake psychic to imprisonment after a seven-member jury found him guilty last month of two counts of rape, 10 counts of procuring another person to do an unlawful sexual act by false pretences and one count of indecent assault. He was cleared of a separate charge of procuring another person to do an unlawful sexual act by false pretences.
The defendant, who had denied all charges against him, appeared expressionless on Monday upon hearing the sentence.
The court earlier heard that the offences took place between April and August 2015, when the taxi driver told the then 17-year-old girl that her younger sister was “ill fated”.