A sobbing Gregory Shantilou yesterday told the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court that the Devil made him fondle a 12-year-old girl's vagina and touched her breasts.

Shantilou, 35, who initially said the incident was "not intentional" but a joke, returns for sentencing on Monday.

Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey asked Shantilou, who said he is a father, if he would want another man to play with his daughter in such manner. Shantilou said no.

Shantilou begged the RM for mercy saying he didn't want to stay in custody. He said the past two weeks in the lock-up has been the worse period of his life. His plea was denied, however, and he was remanded.