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Canadian sentenced in pedophile trial in Thailand
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-08-15 14:30

BANGKOK, Thailand -- A Canadian school teacher who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy was sentenced Friday to three years and three months in jail in Thailand.

Canadian Christopher Paul Neil (C) is escorted by correctional officers as he leaves a courtroom at Bangkok Criminal Court August 15, 2008. [Agencies] 
Christopher Paul Neil, who taught in several Asian countries, was arrested last year following an international manhunt after hundreds of photos of him allegedly engaging in sex acts with young boys were discovered on the Internet.

The Thai court also imposed a 60,000 baht (US$1,780) fine on the 32-year-old man who had pleaded guilty May 12. His initial sentence of six years, six months was reduced by the court because Neil pleaded guilty.

Neil still faces similar charges, to which he has pleaded not guilty, involving the younger brother of the 13-year-old victim. In that case, he faces up to 20 years in jail for charges that include sexually abusing a minor, videotaping the alleged abuse, taking a child without parental consent, and holding him against his will.

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