PHNOM PENH, (Xinhua) -- The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday convicted a German national of child sex purchase and sentenced him to 7 years in jail, according to a verdict announced by Judge Sin Visal.
Hans Gandner, 69, was charged on April 25 with indecent act against minors aged under 15 and purchase of child prostitution. He was found guilty of having sex with two 13-year-old boys.
"The court decides to sentence Hans Gandner to 7 years in jail for having sex with the underage," Sin Visal read the verdict.
The court also ordered him to pay 750 U.S. dollars as civil compensation to one victim and 500 U.S. dollars to the other.
The man will also be deported from Cambodia after serving his jail term.
Gandner was arrested in Phnom Penh in April while he was on his way to the Phnom Penh International Airport in an attempt to flee the country after he sexually abused the boys.
During police interrogation, Gandner confessed to having sexually molested the boys by paying 10 U.S. dollars to each of them.
Khoem Vando, deputy director of child protection NGO Action Pour Les Enfants, which provided legal services to the victims free of charge, called the sentence a just verdict.
"This sentence will help the boys with their rehabilitation efforts and it is another strong signal towards potential future offenders that they will not get away with their crimes," he said.
Hans Gandner, 69, was charged on April 25 with indecent act against minors aged under 15 and purchase of child prostitution. He was found guilty of having sex with two 13-year-old boys.
"The court decides to sentence Hans Gandner to 7 years in jail for having sex with the underage," Sin Visal read the verdict.
The court also ordered him to pay 750 U.S. dollars as civil compensation to one victim and 500 U.S. dollars to the other.
The man will also be deported from Cambodia after serving his jail term.
Gandner was arrested in Phnom Penh in April while he was on his way to the Phnom Penh International Airport in an attempt to flee the country after he sexually abused the boys.
During police interrogation, Gandner confessed to having sexually molested the boys by paying 10 U.S. dollars to each of them.
Khoem Vando, deputy director of child protection NGO Action Pour Les Enfants, which provided legal services to the victims free of charge, called the sentence a just verdict.
"This sentence will help the boys with their rehabilitation efforts and it is another strong signal towards potential future offenders that they will not get away with their crimes," he said.
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