German Alexander Moritz Watrin, 38, uses his hand to protect himself from a camera at the side door of Appeals Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2009. The Cambodian court has reduced the prison term of a German man convicted of sexually abusing four Cambodian boys. Appeals Court judge Samrith Sophal says the court panel cut Alexander Moritz Watrin's prison term from 10 years to seven years Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
German Alexander Moritz Watrin, 38, stands by the side door of Appeals Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2009. The Cambodian court has reduced the prison term of Watrin convicted of sexually abusing four Cambodian boys agaed 7 to 15. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)Mon., Feb. 2, 2009
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A Cambodian appeals court Tuesday reduced the prison term of a German man convicted of sexually abusing four Cambodian boys, a court official said.
A court panel cut Alexander Moritz Watrin's prison term from 10 years to seven years, said Appeals Court Judge Samrith Sophal.
A provincial court had sentenced Watrin, 38, in October 2006 for molesting four boys aged 7 to 15.
Cambodia has long been a magnet for foreign pedophiles, and its courts have stepped up action against sex offenders in recent years.
Police arrested Watrin in April 2006 at his rental home in Sihanoukville, in the south of the country, for his allegedly molesting the boys, paying them $5 to $10 each time he had sex with them.
Pich Sorya, a defense lawyer of Watrin, said he will discuss with his client whether to further appeal to Cambodia's Supreme Court.
A court panel cut Alexander Moritz Watrin's prison term from 10 years to seven years, said Appeals Court Judge Samrith Sophal.
A provincial court had sentenced Watrin, 38, in October 2006 for molesting four boys aged 7 to 15.
Cambodia has long been a magnet for foreign pedophiles, and its courts have stepped up action against sex offenders in recent years.
Police arrested Watrin in April 2006 at his rental home in Sihanoukville, in the south of the country, for his allegedly molesting the boys, paying them $5 to $10 each time he had sex with them.
Pich Sorya, a defense lawyer of Watrin, said he will discuss with his client whether to further appeal to Cambodia's Supreme Court.
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