Supreme Court hears appeal of US national convicted over child rape in Cambodia

The Supreme Court on Friday heard the appeal of an American man jailed for raping an underage boy in Siem Reap two years ago. The Appeal Court had upheld his conviction of seven years in prison on charges of sexual harassment of a teenager in Siem Reap in 2019. Supreme Court Presiding Judge Nil Nonn identified the convict as Robinson Shaun Earl, 41.

Judge Nonn said that Earl was found guilty by the Siem Reap Provincial Court on March 18, 2020, and was imprisoned for seven years. He was also ordered to pay the victim a compensation of nearly $5,000. The 14-year-old victim and the plaintiff in the case was present during the hearing.

The perpetrator used to persuade young boys to take showers with him after buying them food and showed them pornographic material before seducing them, Judge Nonn said. Earl was charged with child sex abuse and producing pornographic images and materials to children, under Articles 23 and 34 of the Law on the Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation.

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