Australian sentenced to 129 years in Philippine child sex abuse case: prosecutor

(FILES) This file photo taken on June 16, 2015 shows Peter Scully of Australia, accused of raping and trafficking two girls in the Philippines, leaving the court after his arraignment in Cagayan de Oro City, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Scully has been sentenced to 129 years in a Philippine jail as part of a child sexual abuse case involving victims as young as 18 months, a prosecutor said on November 9, 2022.

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MANILA, Philippines (Updated 3:37 p.m.) — An Australian man has been sentenced to 129 years in a Philippine jail as part of a child sexual abuse case involving victims as young as 18 months, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

It was the second conviction for Peter Gerard Scully, who is already serving a life sentence for an initial batch of charges involving the rape and trafficking of girls.

The Philippines has become a global hotspot for child sex exploitation, helped by poverty, English fluency and high internet connectivity in the country, experts warn.

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