WTVF (Nashville, Tennessee, USA)
A roofer from Tennessee imprisoned in Cambodia on child sex charges made his case for innocence in a hand-written letter to his daughter.
Roger Green said he went there to help the children, not hurt them.
Friday, his daughter received a handwritten letter from her father explaining what he says happened.
It is the first time Keri Jones has heard from her father since he was arrested on child sex crime charges this week.
"Just looking at his handwriting, I can hear his soft voice saying this," Jones said. "There's no doubt in my mind that he's going to come home, and these people over there are going to find him completely innocent."
In the letter, Green explains how he was helping two young girls and their mother by giving the girls presents and letting them stay in his hotel room before he was arrested.
"I cannot tell you how happy they were," Green wrote in the letter. "I was resting on the bed fully clothed...no matter what happens I want you to know I love you all dearly."
Jones said Green has visited Cambodia and Vietnam for the past seven Christmases. He is a Vietnam veteran who fought in 1968 and 1969.
"I knew this would happen to him one day because he's too trusting and nave, and he feels so guilty for what he did in the war that this is his only way of trying to give back," Jones said.
The past few days have given Jones new hope in her father's case.
"From everything I've heard, even over there, they're coming to realize this is a mistake and everybody believes he is an innocent man. This is coming from Cambodian people as well," she said.
Jones said if convicted of debauchery, her father could face up to 20 years in prison in Cambodia.
While traveling abroad, US Citizens are subject to the laws and punishments of the country they are visiting.
Roger Green said he went there to help the children, not hurt them.
Friday, his daughter received a handwritten letter from her father explaining what he says happened.
It is the first time Keri Jones has heard from her father since he was arrested on child sex crime charges this week.
"Just looking at his handwriting, I can hear his soft voice saying this," Jones said. "There's no doubt in my mind that he's going to come home, and these people over there are going to find him completely innocent."
In the letter, Green explains how he was helping two young girls and their mother by giving the girls presents and letting them stay in his hotel room before he was arrested.
"I cannot tell you how happy they were," Green wrote in the letter. "I was resting on the bed fully clothed...no matter what happens I want you to know I love you all dearly."
Jones said Green has visited Cambodia and Vietnam for the past seven Christmases. He is a Vietnam veteran who fought in 1968 and 1969.
"I knew this would happen to him one day because he's too trusting and nave, and he feels so guilty for what he did in the war that this is his only way of trying to give back," Jones said.
The past few days have given Jones new hope in her father's case.
"From everything I've heard, even over there, they're coming to realize this is a mistake and everybody believes he is an innocent man. This is coming from Cambodian people as well," she said.
Jones said if convicted of debauchery, her father could face up to 20 years in prison in Cambodia.
While traveling abroad, US Citizens are subject to the laws and punishments of the country they are visiting.
1 comment:
In my oppinion, the man is guilty. What a coincidence to have two underaged teens in your room, for the purpose of handing out presents? Why couldn't he just hand them out in public, or at their home or village? He had to invite them to his "hotel room".
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