Thailand Deports Us Teacher

[george]

Thailand deports US teacher arrested on paedophile charges

BANGKOK: -- Thailand Friday deported an American teacher who has been in jail since being arrested last year on child sex charges, the US Embassy said Friday.

Steven Erik Prowler, 57, allegedly paid money to two boys, aged 15 and 16, to perform oral sex. Following the arrest, police searched his apartment and found more than 100 photos of naked Asian boys, the embassy said in a statement.

Police also obtained his journals describing sexual encounters dating back more than a decade with underage Asian boys.

Prowler worked in Bangkok as an English instructor at a government-run school.

He will be tried in the United States for engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places. If convicted, Prowler could face up to 30 years in

-- AFP 2006-05-12

Thailand to deport accused US paedophile

BANGKOK: -- Thailand's Immigration Police handed over to US Embassy staff Friday an American teacher who will be deported to face trial on charges of paedophilia in the United States.

Steven Erik Prowler, a 57-year-old English language teacher at an unnamed Bangkok school, has been in jail since being arrested last year on paedophilia charge.

Police raided his apartment and found more than 100 photos of naked Asian boys.

The raid, which came after a lengthy investigation, also revealed the presence of two teenage boys, from whom Mr. Prowler had secured sexual services.

The boys told police investigators that Mr.Prowler had paid them for their services and had videod and photographed the act for publication in a foreign magazine for homosexuals.

Police found diaries detailing the accused's sexual activities with many Asian boys.

He had been sentenced by a Thai court to serve one-year jail term for committing sexual abuse of minors. His name is also on a Thai Immigration Police blacklist of persons who are persona non grata.

He will be tried in the United States for sexually abusing more than 100 underaged boys in North America.

A US Embassy representative praised Thai police for their cooperation that led to the arrest of the accused paedophile.

--TNA 2006-05-12

[penzman]

-Judge says:

"Mr. Prowler, I proudly announce that your prowling days are over and that you'll prowlbably never set foot in this proud country again."

[britmaveric]

Sick bastard - no further comment!