Thursday, August 26, 2010
By Sopheng Cheang (CP)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A former Russian businessman convicted of sexually abusing more than a dozen Cambodian girls had his prison term reduced on Thursday from 17 years to eight.
An Appeals Court cut the sentence of Alexander Trofimov on the grounds that he had apologized to the victims and their families and had been unaware that he had committed an offence under Cambodian law.
Trofimov, 43, had been chairman of a Russian-led investment group given the right to develop a Cambodian tourist island. He was arrested in October 2007 and convicted in three separate cases of offences against various girls.
Nuon Phanith, a lawyer for the victims, told reporters he was surprised by the ruling, and he expected that the public would also find it hard to accept because it was such a high-profile case.
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An Appeals Court cut the sentence of Alexander Trofimov on the grounds that he had apologized to the victims and their families and had been unaware that he had committed an offence under Cambodian law.
Trofimov, 43, had been chairman of a Russian-led investment group given the right to develop a Cambodian tourist island. He was arrested in October 2007 and convicted in three separate cases of offences against various girls.
Nuon Phanith, a lawyer for the victims, told reporters he was surprised by the ruling, and he expected that the public would also find it hard to accept because it was such a high-profile case.
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