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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. - AFP/de
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