Friday, 18 December 2009

Englishman appears in court over sex charges


Thursday, 17 December 2009 09:13 DAP-NEWS

DAP Via CAAI News Media

The Phnom Penh Municipal Council Court heard the case of an English man charged with buying sex from a Cambodian girl in Preah Sihanouk, a police source said on Wednesday.

The man, identified only as Gary, 51, was arrested on July 27, 2009 at Preah Sihanouk by the Phnom Penh Office Fig- hting Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking.

In court, vice Phnom Penh Municipal Council Court Judge Koe Sakhorn, Prosecutor Ek Cheng Hourt, the defendant, the plaintiff, and two defendse layers argued the case.

The defendant denied the charges. “I am not in wrongdoing; I knew her for two years, and we are both usually go to the coffee shop.”

The victim told the court that “He commanded me to touch his penis as usual.”

‘Gary’ was arrested after the ARM organization filed a complaint, the police said. The defendant claimed to “always pay her, because I pity her,” the court officer claimed.

The case is unsure, said those involved, so the court will investigate further. The court has yet to make a ruling.

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