By AP News Jun 22, 2011
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian court has sentenced a Frenchman to six years in prison for taking pornographic photographs of eight girls.
Judge Sin Visal of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced Mathias Cassar, 35, after the court found him guilty last week of taking photos of eight girls aged 5-13 for sale.
Cassar, who was arrested in March, was also ordered to pay $1,000 in compensation to each victim. His Cambodian girlfriend, Doung Davy, 30, was also sentenced to six years on the same charges.
Defense lawyer Don Vibol said his client accepted the sentence and agreed to pay the compensation.
Cambodia has long been a magnet for foreign pedophiles because of poverty and poor law enforcement, but in recent years authorities have increasingly targeted sex offenders.
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