By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-04-03 02:21:43 | Updated at 2025-04-03 22:43:46
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A 73-year-old man who molested four cabin crew members during a Singapore Airlines flight from San Francisco to Singapore was sentenced to nine months’ jail on Wednesday.
Balasubramanian Ramesh pleaded guilty to four counts of molestation. Another three counts of molestation were taken into consideration for his sentencing.
According to court documents, Balasubramanian molested one of the women four times and targeted the three others once each because he found the women “attractive”.
The victims – who were all on duty at the time – cannot be named because of a gag order.
The offences took place on November 18, 2024, over a period of about 14 hours. The flight itself lasted around 17 hours.
According to court documents, Balasubramanian, who was a passenger on board the aircraft, used his hand to stroke the first victim’s buttocks twice over her clothing as she was pushing the meal cart past his seat at around 3.30am Singapore time.
