American loses appeal against child sex conviction

Phnom Penh Appeal Court yesterday upheld the sentence of an American man who was convicted last year by the Siem Reap Provincial Court over child prostitution and producing child pornography in 2019. Presiding Judge Pov Phousun identified the accused as John Patrick Reidy, 58, a tourist from Massachusetts.

“Based on the victim’s answers and the evidence that police seized from the accused John Patrick Reidy’s rental house in Siem Reap city during his arrest, the Judges’ Council of Phnom Penh Appeal Court has found him guilty as charged,” said Judge Phousun, who read out the verdict.

“The Judges’ Council of the Phnom Penh Appeal Court has considered that the ruling by Siem Reap Provincial Court was right and was made in accordance with Cambodian Laws, and the accused’s sentence given by the provincial court had been already reduced and is light,” he said. “Therefore, Phnom Penh Appeal Court has decided to uphold the ruling of Siem Reap Provincial Court as affected.”

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