Tutor who sexually abused students: 'Ghost' made me do it

TNP ILLUSTRATION: Fadzil Hamzah

HE PREYED on seven boys he tutored, aged eight to 15, - and he blamed a ghost for making him commit the sexual acts.

The tutor, who cannot be named to protect the boys' identities, pleaded guilty yesterday to five acts of sexual penetration of a minor.

Although two psychiatric evaluations tendered to the court stated that the man suffered from schizotypal disorder which caused the paedophilic activities, the tutor was deemed to be not of unsound mind at the time of the offences.