Azuar Ahamad

Azuar bin Ahamad was born in Singapore in 1969.

He was married twice in his adulthood, but both his marriages ended with a divorce each.

He was previously convicted and jailed for molestation back in 2003.

Azuar, who denied drugging his victims despite his admission to the charges, was described by the prosecution as Singapore's "worst serial rapist" for his aggravated sex crimes (33 counts in total) and as a result of the premeditated nature of his crimes, his high propensity to re-offend and his lack of remorse, Azuar was sentenced to 37 1⁄2 years in prison and 24 strokes of the cane by Justice Chan Seng Onn of the High Court.

In 2003, Azuar bin Ahamad, then 34 years old, was brought to court for an offence of having molested a woman after drugging her with a sedative.

He was sentenced to six years' imprisonment, and was released in March 2006 on parole, and he worked as a logistics executive after the completion of his jail term.

Azuar's crime spree lasted between December 2008 and August 2009 before he was caught.

Following his plea of guilt, Azuar was found guilty of three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault by penetration, while 29 other charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.

However, 21 months after his release, Azuar would once again re-offend and commit more sexual offences from 2008 and 2009.

Between December 2008 and August 2009, Azuar bin Ahamad had targeted 22 women (aged between 18 and 38) and committed various sex crimes against them, including rape and molestation.

His modus operandi was to befriend his victims via social media platforms like Facebook, and under his different aliases on the internet, he arranged to meet up with the victims at nightclubs, and introduce himself as a dental surgeon or businessman or student etc. Azuar would also add sedatives like Dormicum pills to the alcoholic drinks he bought for the victims before giving them to drink.

After the victims gradually lose consciousness, Azuar would bring them to hotels or their homes, where he molested or raped them, and even stole from some of them and filmed himself each time he raped or molested the victims.

On 27 October 2008, 30-year-old personal banker Tan Hui Ling (the only named victim of Azuar) first met Azuar at a cafe, after he arranged to meet with her to discuss insurance products.

Tan was not sexually assaulted like the rest of Azuar's victims, but she was knocked out after drinking the coffee bought by Azuar, who had mixed the sedatives inside the coffee.

Azuar was said to have helped leading Tan out of the cafe when Tan's boyfriend Lee Jun Jep appeared to bring his girlfriend back home, after he observed the meeting between Azuar and Tan while sitting at a separate table.

According to Lee, Tan fell asleep in his car and he brought her to hospital.

Tan, who felt lightheaded and drowsy and was moving unsteadily due to the effects of drugs, did not have memory of what happened except for being asked to take a urine test.

For this offence of drugging Tan, Azuar was arrested and charged, before he was released a day later on a bail of $30,000.

However, Azuar went on to commit more offences of rape and molestation using the same modus operandi.

Four of these subsequent cases, which were related to the proceeded charges made by the prosecution, were mentioned in detail during Azuar's trial hearing.

Azuar bin Ahamad was a Singaporean and convicted sex offender who was charged in 2009 with raping 22 women (aged between 18 and 38), whom he targeted through internet use and met them, spiking their drinks and sexually assaulted them.

A majority of these cases took place while he was out on bail twice in 2009 for a few instances of molesting or drugging a few of his victims.

None of the 22 victims (except for one) were named to protect their identity.

On 20 March 2009, Azuar arranged for a meeting with a 38-year-old insurance agent at a nightclub and bought her an alcoholic shot, which he spiked with sedatives.

The woman remembered she was walking out of the bar about five minutes later and having blurred vision, and she would wake up in her home the next day.

While she was unconscious, Azuar sexually assaulted her by penetration while inside her home, and filmed down the act with his phone.

On 24 April 2009, a 36-year-old sales assistant met Azuar at a nightclub.

She drank three glasses of liquor mixed with water and ice, and an alcoholic shot bought by Azuar, who spiked the shot with drugs.

After she drank it, she took a few steps and had no memory of what happened afterwards, and she woke up the next morning in a hotel room.

Azuar actually brought her to the hotel and raped her, and also filmed it on his phone.

On 10 May 2009, a 32-year-old bank officer had drinks with Azuar after meeting up with him.

She had three or four glasses of beer, wine or vodka, and also consumed an alcoholic shot which Azuar offered to her after he secretly spiked the drink.

After drinking it, the woman felt giddy and drowsy shortly after and she fell unconscious, before waking up the next morning in a hotel.

Similar to the two victims, Azuar had raped her while she was unconscious and filmed the act with his phone.

On 4 July 2009, a 27-year-old bank senior associate and Azuar both met at the nightclub, and after the woman drank a chocolate martini, Azuar ordered her two alcoholic shots (both of which he secretly mixed with sedatives), which the woman finished within minutes.

After drinking them, the woman had no memory of what happened afterwards and she woke up the next morning in a hotel.

Like the previous three aforementioned victims, Azuar raped the fourth woman after taking her to the hotel while she was unconscious.

He also filmed down the act.

On 31 July 2009, Azuar was arrested for the second time for molesting one of his 22 victims while out on bail.

Azuar also had one daughter (aged 13 as of May 2014) from one of his previous marriages.