Taipei District prosecutors yesterday indicted a man for sexual assault, but asked the court for a lighter sentence after he agreed to move far away from the victim.
The man, surnamed Lin (林), broke into the home of his neighbor last September. Lin, 28, claimed he managed to get in by using a set of keys he had found “accidentally.”
Wearing nothing but a hood on his head and socks, Lin tried to force himself on the sleeping woman, who was alone at home.
When the young woman woke up and realized what was happening, she started screaming, sending Lin running from the scene.
Lin, who has a regular job and no past criminal record, told police and prosecutors that he went to the victim's house in the morning because he knew the girl would be alone in her home at that time.
He said he regretted what he did and had disposed of the things, such as the articles of clothes he was wearing at the crime scene and the victim's house keys.
After the incident, the young woman pleaded with prosecutors, saying she did not ever want to see the man again.
Prosecutors told Lin and his family that if they agreed to move out of the neighborhood and away from the girl's place of residence by the end of last year, the prosecution would request that the court hand down a lighter sentence.
Lin complied with the prosecutors' request and moved out last year.
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