CNA - Former Wah!Banana actor guilty of raping woman he met on Tinder

[thyler_koh]

He served NS but going to get his PR revoked soon?

Chao corporal

 

[yperic]

Former Wah!Banana actor guilty of raping woman he met on Tinder​

A High Court Judge found that the victim had been unusually convincing.

Former Wah!Banana actor and Singapore permanent resident Lev Panfilov leaving the High Court on May 16, 2023. (Photo: CNA/Marcus Mark Ramos)

SINGAPORE: A former actor at comedy channel Wah!Banana was found guilty on Friday (Mar 21) of raping a woman he met on dating app Tinder.

Lev Panfilov, a Singapore permanent resident from Russia, was convicted by a High Court judge on all four charges he claimed trial to - rape, sexual assault by penetration and molest.

The victim cannot be named due to a gag order protecting her identity.

Delivering the guilty verdict, Justice Pang Khang Chau said that the victim had been an "unusually convincing" witness, although he noted that her testimony was "not without difficulty".

He raised several points that the defence had highlighted in its bid to show the victim had been inconsistent.

One of them had been how the victim had given Panfilov her home address so that he could call a private-hire vehicle to send her home after the incident.

She had also continued to respond to his text messages after that, and took three days to see a doctor after experiencing pain from being raped.

One alleged inconsistency was how the victim told the doctor that she had screamed during the incident, but told others that she wanted to scream but did not, or could not.

Another detail was how the victim made a "seemingly strange" request to a doctor for a memo of her injuries to show to Panfilov's family. In court, the victim testified that she could not recall making such a request.

Justice Pang said that having examined the evidence, he found that there were reasonable explanations for most of these difficulties.

The rest were minor inconsistencies which were immaterial and did not affect the victim's overall credibility, he said.

On the other hand, Justice Pang felt that Panfilov was not a credible witness, with the irregularities in his evidence "symptomatic of his attempt to distance himself from events", albeit unsuccessfully.

Panfilov, who appeared in the dock dressed in a purple prison jumpsuit, had his head bowed as the verdict was read and constantly glanced at his relatives in the gallery.

The prosecution's case had been that Panfilov sexually assaulted the victim in his room on Jan 12, 2021, following a meet-up with the victim at a Wine Connection restaurant earlier that day.

The victim, a model-actress and an aspiring comedy scriptwriter, wanted Panfilov's help with her scriptwriting.

They started working on the script at the restaurant and left to continue doing so at Panfilov's residence.

As the two were watching comedians on YouTube in his room, Panfilov suddenly kissed the victim on her lips, and subsequently sexually assaulted her.

Over the next few days, the victim reported feeling depressed but decided against telling her mother or sister for fear of worrying them.

She finally decided to see a doctor as she worried about the pain in her vaginal area and lower abdomen, and was told by the doctor to lodge a police report.

The victim then spoke to several police officers on Jan 16, 2021, but decided against lodging a report, worried that the police would not believe her and that others would find out about the incident.

She also felt traumatised about having to explain what happened to the police officers.

She lodged a police report on Jan 18, 2021, after having told her mother about the incident.

The defence sought to argue that victim had initiated the sexual encounter and that both then progressed to consensual sex.

Panfilov will be sentenced at a later date.

Source: CNA/wt(sn)

 

[twodragon]

Ns now rely on foreigner Liao that’s why I suggest end the wayang and let Gurkhas do it all

really interesting to see what G does in the future. Recent data shows 1.2m (those that recieve NS credits) defending 6m population

considering our abysmal birth rate, the ratio will only get worst ; will they get females to serve or outsource to FT rike our auxiliary police, etc.

 

[OddEye]

His banana very wah

 

[OutBreak]

Inmates will be saying wah!banana soon

I believe the banana is huge.. keyword "pain".

 

[arsenalfc85]

See lor. Want amdk right..

if date me then bo daiji liao

Too bad no woman wants to date me

 

[cavver777]

Amdk myth busted

Maybe at first ok is amdk then find out he ish Russian and ish served NS and corporal nia then regret?

 

[orpisia]

Yeah yeah sinkies commit more crimes

 

[OutBreak]

His banana very big and ripe

Russian banana must be awesome.

 

[Pearce]

Victim is model-actress

 

[fulaien]

Amdk myth busted

Where got busted? See the quote below.

Quote: She finally decided to see a doctor as she worried about the pain in her vaginal area and lower abdomen, and was told by the doctor to lodge a police report.

 

[perfectlight]

wah ben dan liao. gg.

 

[fulaien]

Why Russian AM can be given PR?

Russian also talent? Talent in what?

 

[Joseph12]

Ya
This case
A bit dubious

 

[Joe Maya]

Something's off....

 

[CaiPuDan]

Victim is model-actress

nowadays take a video and post on tiktok also can call actress one

 

[uselessbum]

I hope he appals to Putin to help him.

 

[lalalalalala]

Ns now rely on foreigner Liao that’s why I suggest end the wayang and let Gurkhas do it all

Yup. Do so much ns but ministars rather hire mercenaries. U know i know la. When time comes ask u chiong enemy be meat shield while they run other direction

 

[Lifetime warranty]

Going back Russia to help fight the war?

 

[forests_gump]

I agree with Spf boss, it is all S'poreans that is committing crime - this time is S'porean PR