US man jailed for sexual abuse of Cambodian girls
08-AUG-2008 Intellasia | AP
Aug 8, 2008 - 7:00:00 AM
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A Cambodian court sentenced a US citizen Wednesday to two-and-a-half years in prison for sexually molesting two girls.
A Phnom Penh municipal court sentenced Thomas Wayne Rapanos, 55, after convicting him at his July 17 trial of molesting the girls, ages 12 and 16.
He also ordered Rapanos, a resident of the state of Florida, to pay 4 million riel (US$975) in compensation to the girls, as well as a 5 million riel (US$1,220) fine.
Police arrested Rapanos in March during a raid on his guesthouse room in the capital of Phnom Penh, where they found him in the company of the girls.
"I am 100% innocent," Rapanos told reporters after he was sentenced.
His Cambodian lawyer, Khy Bun Trean, called the verdict unfair and said he would talk to his client about filing an appeal.
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