Friday, December 25, 2009
AFP
PHNOM PENH — A Cambodian court on Friday sentenced a British man to one year in prison for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl.
Judge Ke Sakhan of Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted 51-year-old Gareth Ashley Corbett, arrested in the popular seaside town of Sihanoukville in July, of committing indecent acts.
He handed Corbett the one-year jail term and ordered him to pay a 1,000-dollar fine.
Corbett was arrested after the underage girl, who was also allegedly abused by a US man, told authorities that the Briton had sex with her.
A trial date for the US man, Scott Alan Hecker, 44, has not yet been set, court officials said.
Hecker was arrested for allegedly abusing the 12-year-old girl and another 14-year-old girl.
Cambodia has struggled to shed its reputation as a haven for paedophiles, putting dozens of foreigners in jail for child sex crimes or deporting them to face trial in their home countries since 2003.
Judge Ke Sakhan of Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted 51-year-old Gareth Ashley Corbett, arrested in the popular seaside town of Sihanoukville in July, of committing indecent acts.
He handed Corbett the one-year jail term and ordered him to pay a 1,000-dollar fine.
Corbett was arrested after the underage girl, who was also allegedly abused by a US man, told authorities that the Briton had sex with her.
A trial date for the US man, Scott Alan Hecker, 44, has not yet been set, court officials said.
Hecker was arrested for allegedly abusing the 12-year-old girl and another 14-year-old girl.
Cambodia has struggled to shed its reputation as a haven for paedophiles, putting dozens of foreigners in jail for child sex crimes or deporting them to face trial in their home countries since 2003.
8 comments:
THOSE MOTHER FUCKER EUROPEAN AND US PEOPLES WENT TO ASIAN JUST LOOKED FOR SEX. IF THAT CASE WERE IN THE US.THAT IDIOT GUY AT LEAST SERVE TIME 10 TO 15 IN THE CELL.WENT HE IN THE CELL PEOPLES GONNA RAPES HIS ASS UNTIL FLEED.
CORRECTION 10 TO 15 YEARS
This is a slap in the face for the girl's family and surely it will encourage more pedophile to Cambodia.
wow 1 year for sex assault and 2 years for that newspaper owner who criticize the govt. CPP really know how to set up punishment.
I am just wondering if this Kangaroo court have a sentencing guide line. Or do they just pick and choose as they please.
This monkey judge does not know the laws. Let them do it to his own children, then maybe he knows how to hand down the sentence better.
At least he will also face further justice in the UK when he is deported there.
Many Cambodian CPP military generals and politicians who call themselves the CPP are known pedophiles as well.
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