The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: A Cambodian court sentenced a German man to 15 years in prison Thursday after finding him guilty of sexually abusing a girl.
Judge Sao Meach said he convicted Walter Munz, 62, of Stuttgart of debauchery for sexual offenses committed against a 13-year-old girl last year. Debauchery is a Cambodian legal term covering sexual abuse of children.
The judge said there was sufficient evidence to convict Munz despite the defendant's denial of the charges during his trial at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
The evidence included many photographs of other children Munz had taken and planned to distribute on the Internet, he said.
Cambodian police arrested Munz in April last year in a raid on his guesthouse room in the capital Phnom Penh.
They had kept him under surveillance for several days after receiving a tip-off from child rights activists about his suspicious conduct with children.
Police found him in the room with a 13-year-old girl, who alleged Munz forced her to have sex with him several times.
The court plans to announce on Friday its verdict in a case involving Alexander Trofimov, a Russian businessman accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl. He was arrested in October on allegations he had sexually abused as many as 19 girls since 2005.
Judge Sao Meach said he convicted Walter Munz, 62, of Stuttgart of debauchery for sexual offenses committed against a 13-year-old girl last year. Debauchery is a Cambodian legal term covering sexual abuse of children.
The judge said there was sufficient evidence to convict Munz despite the defendant's denial of the charges during his trial at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
The evidence included many photographs of other children Munz had taken and planned to distribute on the Internet, he said.
Cambodian police arrested Munz in April last year in a raid on his guesthouse room in the capital Phnom Penh.
They had kept him under surveillance for several days after receiving a tip-off from child rights activists about his suspicious conduct with children.
Police found him in the room with a 13-year-old girl, who alleged Munz forced her to have sex with him several times.
The court plans to announce on Friday its verdict in a case involving Alexander Trofimov, a Russian businessman accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl. He was arrested in October on allegations he had sexually abused as many as 19 girls since 2005.
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