INDONESIA: FORMER AUSTRALIAN DIPLOMAT WILLIAM STUART BROWN SENTENCED TO THIRTEEN YEARS PRISON IN KARANGASEM FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE IN BALI.

Record ID: 559076

  • Title: INDONESIA: FORMER AUSTRALIAN DIPLOMAT WILLIAM STUART BROWN SENTENCED TO THIRTEEN YEARS PRISON IN KARANGASEM FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE IN BALI.
  • Date: 11th May 2004
  • Summary: (W3) KARANGASEM, INDONESIA (MAY 11, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. CU: POLICE JEEP ARRIVING. 0.05 2. CU/TRACK: JOURNALISTS SURROUNDING POLICE BRINGING IN FORMER AUSTRALIAN DIPLOMAT WILLIAM BROWN. 0.19 3. CU: POLICE CLOSING DOOR OF CELL. 0.24 4. CU: JOURNALISTS OUTSIDE CELL. 0.28 5. WS: JUDGES SEATED. 0.34 6. SCU/MV: PRESIDING JUDGE I NYOMAN SUTAMA OPENING COURT SESSION. (2 SHOTS) 0.50 7. TRACK: DEFENDANT WILLIAM STUART BROWN ENTERING COURT ESCORTED BY POLICE. 1.01 8. WS: BROWN SEATED BEFORE JUDGES. 1.04 9. CU: OF WILLIAM BROWN (THREE QUARTERS REAR VIEW) 1.12 10. MV: AUDIENCE. 1.16 11. SCU: POLICE AND LAWYER. 1.21 12. CU: MORE OF AUDIENCE. 1.25 13. CU: POLICE LISTENING. 1.31 14. CU: MORE OF AUDIENCE. 1.36 15. (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) PRESIDING JUDGE I NYOMAN SUTAMA SAYING: "The defendant has been proven guilty of conducting a series of lewd acts against minors and we sentence him to 13 years in prison and order him to pay a fine of 150 million Rupiah (US$17,000)." 1.45 16. WS: BROWN SCREAMING "BASTARDS" AND SHOWING HIS FIST TO THE JUDGE. 1.51 17. WS: MORE OF JUDGE READING SENTENCE AS BROWN STANDS BEFORE HIM AND OTHER JUDGES. 2.14 18. SCU: JUDGE DECLARING TRIAL OVER. 2.19 19. MV: BROWN GRIMACING AS TRIAL ENDS. 2.27 20. CU/MV: BROWN BEING TAKEN INTO POLICE VAN WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS BEHIND. (2 SHOTS) 2.36 21. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) AUNT OF VICTIM SAYING: "Most important is that Tony will soon be taken back to his country. I don't want to seen him here anymore." 2.50 22. WS: EXTERIOR OF COURTHOUSE WITH PEOPLE AND PRESS GATHERED OUTSIDE. 2.54 23. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) FATHER'S OF VICTIM IDA BAGUS MADE BURUAN SAYING: "We leave it up to the due process of law (Are you satisfied with the sentence? I think the sentence justified his actions, I thank the panel of judges." 3.13 24. WS: EXTERIOR OF COURTHOUSE. 3.18 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 26th May 2004 13:00
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  • Location: KARANGASEM, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVA16PLVAC3SIG1GKKNJNCC9AD90
  • Story Text: Former Australian diplomat gets 13 years for child
    sex abuse in Bali.



    A Bali court sentenced a former Australian diplomat
    William Stuart Brown, 51, to 13 years in prison and fined
    him 150 million Rupiah (US$ 17000) on charges of sexually
    abusing two Balinese boys, aged 14 and 16.

    The sentenced was heavier than that demanded by the
    prosecutors. Prosecutors at the Karangasem district court
    on the resort island had sought 12 years jail for lewd
    conduct.

    Two teenage boys said they were paid to have sexual
    intercourse on a beach with the former diplomat.

    "The defendant has been proven guilty of conducting a
    series of lewd acts against minors and we sentence him to
    13 years in prison and order him to pay a fine of 150
    million Rupiah," presiding judge I Nyoman Sutama told the
    court.

    Brown spurted expletives and showed his fist to the
    judge as the judge read out the sentence-- while the
    audience clapped and cheered the verdict.

    Brown also known as Tony served as Australian diplomat
    in Indonesia from 1982 to 1984 and retired in 1996 to live
    in Indonesia.

    The father of one of the victim's welcomed the sentence.

    "We leave it up to the due process of law (Are you
    satisfied with the sentence?")."
    " I think the sentence justified his actions, I thank
    the panel of judges" said Ida Bagus Made Buruan.

    His aunt was emotional but was glad it was over.

    "Most important is that Tony will soon be taken back
    to his country. I don't want to seen him here anymore" said
    the boy's aunt Dayu Nyoman
    Lestari, referring to Brown's nickname.

    Brown's case brought the problem of child sex abuse in
    Bali into the spotlight in Australia-- coming as it did
    amid reports that paedophiles were adopting or fostering
    poverty-stricken children on the island, which has been
    struggling to rebuild its economy and tourism after
    bombings in October 2002 killed 202 people.

    Australian child sex abuse watchdog Child Wise had said
    it was concerned about the growing numbers of reports of
    child abuse in Bali since 2001 when it presented a list of
    14 suspected paedophiles in Bali, mostly Australians, to
    Australian police


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