Three British men have been jailed and told they will be caned after they pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in Singapore.

They were on trial for raping a Malaysian woman but pleaded guilty on Monday to the lesser offence of aggravated molestation.

All three admitted outraging her modesty by taking it in turns to have sex with her while she was asleep after a stag party in 2016, according to the Straits Times.

The actions of Khong Tam Thanh, 22, Vu Thai Son, 24, and Michael Le, 24, were "reprehensible", judicial commissioner Hoo Sheau Peng said.

She added: "While she was asleep, and quite unable to protect herself, they took advantage of her vulnerable state so as to commit these serious sexual crimes.

"In doing so, they showed no respect for her dignity and autonomy, and no regard for any harm and hurt they might cause to her."