CAMBODIA: Phnom Penh court has completed the trial of Japanese paedophile Atsushi Kato

Record ID: 465026

  • Title: CAMBODIA: Phnom Penh court has completed the trial of Japanese paedophile Atsushi Kato
  • Date: 2nd September 2010
  • Summary: PHNOM PENH COURT, PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (SEPTEMBER 1, 2010) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF COURT BUILDING A POLICE MAN WATCHING ARRIVAL OF ACCUSED FROM PRISON POLICE VAN ARRIVE AT COURT PRISON GUARDS PREPARE TO ESCORT ACCUSED PAEDOPHILE INTO COURT BUILDING POLICEMAN BLOCK JOURNALISTS FROM TAKING PICTURES POLICEMAN LEADING ACCUSED INTO COURT ROOM LAWYERS INSIDE COURT BUILDING ACCUSED PAEDOPHILE ATSUSHI KATO (LEFT) IS ESCORTED OUT OF COURTROOM TO POLICE VAN PRISON GUARDS STAND GUARDING OUTSIDE VAN VAN LEAVING COURT
  • Embargoed: 17th September 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Cambodia
  • Country: Cambodia
  • Reuters ID: LVA7HO2S61IGKC87EDZXMT96VMTG
  • Story Text: A Phnom Penh court on Wednesday (September 1) finished the trial of Japanese national, Atsushi Kato, accused of buying the virginity of an underaged Cambodian girl.
    A deputy prosecutor at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court said Kato, 42, was arrested in 2009 after allegedly confessing to buying sexual favours, including the virginity, of a 13-year-old Cambodian girl in August 2009.
    Kato was brought to court with a group of other prisoners and was handcuffed with a British national on his way out of the court and back to the police van.
    The judge will announce his verdict at a later date. If found guilty, Kato could get seven to 15 years in prison under Cambodia's anti human trafficking laws.
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