Top court upholds sentence of American paedophile

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the eight-year jail term of an American tourist who sexually abused two minor boys in Siem Reap province in 2019. Presiding Judge Chiv Keng named the convict as John Patrick Reidy, 59, an American from Massachusetts. In the judgement, the Judges’ Council of the Supreme Court said it found that the lower court verdict was appropriate and in accordance with Cambodian law.

“Therefore, the Supreme Court has decided to uphold the ruling dated January 18 last year of the Phnom Penh Appeal Court as effective, and close the convict’s appeal,” Judge Chiv Keng said. Reidy was sentenced on February 26, 2020, by the Siem Reap Provincial Court to eight years in prison and fined $1,000. The court also ordered him to pay $5,000 in compensation each to two Cambodian underage boys.

Reidy was charged with purchasing child prostitution and child pornography under Articles 34 and 41 of the Cambodian Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation and with rape under Article 239 of the Criminal Codes.

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