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Cambodia sex offender David Graham jailed at Old Bailey | Cambodia sex offender David Graham jailed at Old Bailey |
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A fish and chip shop owner who admitted having sex with a 15-year-old boy in Cambodia has been jailed for 21 months. | |
David Graham, 47, originally from Bournemouth, admitted sexual activity with a child in Phnom Penh in 2006 when he appeared at the Old Bailey. | |
Campaigners said it was only the second time new legislation had been used to prosecute someone in the UK for sexual offences committed abroad. | |
Graham was arrested in France last year after spending six years on the run. | Graham was arrested in France last year after spending six years on the run. |
Street children | Street children |
Graham had been travelling in Cambodia when he aroused the suspicions of French child protection charity, Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE). | |
It observed and filmed his encounters with a number of Cambodian street children, including him putting his arm around a boy in a public place and fondling him. | It observed and filmed his encounters with a number of Cambodian street children, including him putting his arm around a boy in a public place and fondling him. |
The Cambodian National Police alerted British authorities and Graham was arrested on his return to the UK but then fled to the south of France. | |
In sentencing, Judge John Bevan said he was not especially interested in whether the defendant was a sex tourist or a tourist who decided to indulge in sex. | |
He ordered him to sign the Sex Offenders Register and pay £2,500 towards police costs. | |
Andy Baker of UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre said: "For six years, David Graham thought he had got away with the abuse he inflicted on his young Cambodian victim. | |
"Today, he has been held accountable for his actions." | |
Seila Samleang of APLE said: "This case sends a very strong message to paedophiles or travelling sexual offenders from the UK that if you abuse a child in Cambodia, you will face justice and go to jail." | |
The first prosecution under section S72 of the Sexual Offences Act of 2003 involved Barry McCloud, who was jailed for life in 2010 for sex offences against a girl in Goa. | The first prosecution under section S72 of the Sexual Offences Act of 2003 involved Barry McCloud, who was jailed for life in 2010 for sex offences against a girl in Goa. |