- Title: Indonesia jails Australian man for 15 years for molesting girls
- Date: 25th October 2016
- Summary: DENPASAR, BALI PROVINCE, INDONESIA (OCTOBER 25, 2016) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF ACCUSED CHILD MOLESTER, ROBERT ANDREW FIDDES ELLIS WALKING TO COURT ROOM WITH MEDIA SURROUNDING HIM ELLIS IN COURT ROOM ELLIS TALKING WITH HIS LAWYER YANUAR NAHAK ELLIS WALKING AND SITTING IN FRONT OF JUDGES ELLIS PRESIDING JUDGE I WAYAN SUKANILA OPENING THE COURT SESSION ELLIS SEATED NEXT TO HIS INTERPRETER COURT SESSION IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) PRESIDING JUDGE, I WAYAN SUKANILA, SAYING: "Sentencing the suspect, Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis has been proven guilty to have committed criminal acts, molesting several children. As punishment we give him 15 years of imprisonment and a fine of 2 billion rupiah." ELLIS AND HIS INTERPRETER LISTENING TO THE VERDICT VARIOUS OF ELLIS TALKING TO HIS LAWYER ELLIS HEADING BACK TO HIS CHAIR (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) LAWYER, YANUAR NAHAK, SAYING: "After we heard the verdict we decide to file an appeal because we believe the judge was not objective." MEDIA SURROUNDING ELLIS AFTER LEAVE COURT ROOM (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACCUSED CHILD MOLESTER, ROBERT ANDREW FIDDES ELLIS, SAYING: "I have nothing more to say, I'm sorry." MEDIA SURROUNDING ELLIS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACCUSED CHILD MOLESTER, ROBERT ANDREW FIDDES ELLIS, SAYING: "Well I'm 70 now and 15 years will take me to 85." ELLIS ENTERING DETENTION ROOM OFFICIAL LOCKING DETENTION ROOM SIGN OF DENPASAR DISTRICT COURT EXTERIOR OF DENPASAR DISTRICT COURT
- Embargoed: 9th November 2016 10:23
- Keywords: Indonesia Bali Robert Andrew Fiddes Elli child molestation court verdict
- Location: DENPASAR, BALI PROVINCE, INDONESIA
- City: DENPASAR, BALI PROVINCE, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
- Topics: Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
- Reuters ID: LVA00155I5LXH
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:An Indonesian court on Tuesday (October 25) jailed an Australian man for 15 years for sexually molesting several girls on the resort island of Bali.
Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis, 70, "groomed" and molested 11 girls aged between seven and 17 over a period of two years before he was arrested early this year.
"Sentencing the suspect, Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis has been proven guilty to have committed criminal acts, molesting several children. As punishment we give him 15 years of imprisonment and a fine of 2 billion rupiah," said presiding judge I Wayan Sukanila.
Yanuar Nahak, a lawyer for Ellis, said his client would appeal against the sentence.
"After we heard the verdict we decide to file an appeal because we believe the judge was not objective," Nahak said.
On his way out of court, Ellis spoke briefly to the media.
"I have nothing more to say, I'm sorry," he said as he was being lead to the court detention cell.
"Well I'm 70 now and 15 years will take me to 85," he added.
A string of paedophilia cases in Bali, several involving Australian citizens, has prompted police in both countries to cooperate in preventing Australian child sex offenders from travelling to Indonesia.
Official data on sexual abuse remains scarce in Indonesia, where more than 90 percent of rapes go unreported, a recent survey by victim support group Lentera Sintas Indonesia has shown. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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