The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the appeal of a former kindergarten teacher found guilty of sexual abuse against six child victims, upholding the 28 years and 8 months jail sentence handed down by a lower court.
Mao Chun-shen (毛畯珅), the son of the owner of the Taipei Piramide School, was sentenced to 28 years in prison for 224 convictions against six female victims, in the first trial in August last year.
Both prosecutors and Mao filed an appeal on the ruling.
Photo: Yang Kuo-wen, Taipei Times
In the second trial at the High Court, Mao admitted to touching the girls, but denied sexually assaulting them.
The High Court found that Mao had filmed obscene images of an additional girl, bringing the total convictions to 225 and increasing the sentence to 28 years and 8 months.
Mao’s appeal was rejected yesterday, finalizing the ruling.
A separate trial underway at Taipei District Court, following further evidence uncovered in November, could take the total number of victims to 45 after a possible 39 additional victims were identified.
Moreover, they found evidence that Mao had secretly recorded indecent images of minors in public places, such as restaurants, 306 times.
The additional charges could raise Mao’s sentence to the statutory maximum of 30 years.
This would give Mao the longest sentence ever handed down in a sexual assault case in Taiwan.
In October last year, Taipei prosecutors added the charges of forced sexual intercourse and forced obscenity under the Criminal Code, requesting a heavy sentence due to the severity of the crimes.
Mao remains in custody awaiting trial.
Additional reporting by CNA
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