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British paedophile jailed for a year for abusing girl, 12

British paedophile jailed for a year for abusing girl, 12

A British man has been jailed for a year by a Cambodian court for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl. Cambodia is struggling to shed its bad reputation as a haven for sex tourists and paedophiles.

By News Wires (text)
 

AFP - 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.

Date created : 25/12/2009 
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compodian sex issue

by sivakumar (not verified) - 03/01/2011 - 14:17

as a dr from india i would like to indigate 2 things regarding this child abuse.1.people from westren countries need proper psychoanalysis.2.poor countries need indepentence and economical development to avoid child prostitution

Some Idea

by Anonyme (not verified) - 15/12/2010 - 10:49

I think the Cambodian authority take action was deeply correct because my Kingdom is not the place for tourist sex spot. Kingdom of Cambodia open-minded to welcome tourist to visit this kingdom any where any time, but we hate the most about the sexually actions provoked by some bad visitors.

Unfair

by KKH anonyme (not verified) - 20/11/2010 - 10:19

Sentenced for one in jail, is it transperency with the crime Briton had committed? The Judge has right to judge but should not sentenc him at a minimun...

Tourism

by Nareth Bun (not verified) - 22/10/2010 - 03:19

Ours country welcome all tourist from anywhere around the world come to visit my wonder of Kingdom specially Angkor Wat, Sihaknouk ville and other beautiful place but we not welcome any tourist who come to find child sexual.

Child sex abusing

by Anonyme - 31/12/2009 - 04:03

It is not nice at all to come to Cambodia and to have sex, anyway men who break the rule will learn by themselves one day in jail. I am a Cambodian man I am very upset to this news.
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