PHNOM PENH (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.
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.
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