David Fletcher has a New Sign "NGO CORRUPTION"

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David Fletcher has a New Sign "NGO CORRUPTION"

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An old British guy accused of raping a woman in Cambodia

Phnom Penh: According to Kampuchea Thmey News, an old British man was accused of raping a 16 years old Cambodian girl. On 14 September 2015, he was brought from Prey Sar prison to the Supreme Court for his trial.

Mr Pol Someoun, the judge, said the offender name Davit John Fletcher, 74 years old. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the municipal court of Phnom Penh for raping following the article 241 of Cambodia law. The trial was carried out without the presence of the offender. He refused to accept the verdict of the municipal court and asked to bring the case to Supreme Court.

The offender said that the reason that i wanted to bring this case to Supreme Court, because I wanted the Supreme Court to re-judge this case, because at the municipal court of Phnom Penh I had made a complaint against the trial without the presence of the offender, but I was refused to do it. He added, it was the fault of officers at the municipal court of Phnom which made it impossible for him to do so.
After the questioning, the judge of the Supreme Court decided to declare the verdict on 25 September, 2015

PS: At the end of 2009, the offender knew a woman who lived on Stung Meanchey dump site, after that he raped her and fled to Thailand. After that, after the investigation he was arrested by Thai police and was sent back to Cambodia. He had been imprisoned since then until now following the sentence of Municipal court which he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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Elderly British man accused of raping a 16-year-old Cambodian girl was wild prison guards. Referred to the Court of Appeal September 14, 2015 related to trial again on the rules, procedures.

Judge Pol Sam Oeun said that the accused was 74 years old DAVITJOHNFLETCHER Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced in absentia to 10 years for rape with aggravating circumstances related victims under article 241 of the Penal Code. But this verdict in absentia was filed against the accused. Later, the Court rejected recently reached an appeal to the Court of Appeal.

The accused during the hearing said that the cause of this appeal is to the Court of Appeal judge in this case, because its court appeal against the verdict in absentia must be rejected. All the accused guilty, court officials and prison officials who make the early days of a complaint against this.
After the examination, the judge decided to postpone pronouncement of September 25, 2015.

It should be noted that in late 2009, the accused knew the girl lived in Stung Meanchey garbage dump. Later, the accused raped the woman and fled to Thailand. After researching Thai cops arrested the accused sent to Cambodia jungle prison. Until now power the verdict in absentia to 10 years in prison.
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Re: An Old British Guy Accused of Raping a Woman in Cambodia

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This has been going on for some time now. The Daily Mail article from 2013. (At least it's in English.)
A notorious British paedophile is expected to spend the rest of his life in a mosquito-plagued Far East prison after being convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl five years ago.

Former hairdresser David Fletcher, 67, has been sent to prison in Cambodia's insufferable Prey Sar prison to serve out a 10-year sentence after he was arrested when he was extradited from neighbouring Thailand earlier this week.

He had been convicted of rape in his absence by a court in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, after he fled to Thailand in the wake of claims that he was using a charity to groom for sex a number of poverty-stricken children who lived in a rubbish dump...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... rison.html

Fletcher is still claiming that he is innocent and wants a retrial:
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/conv ... nce-94212/
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I'm pretty sure he's 64, but he looks fucking wrecked.
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If you read the history of the NGO APLE you will find this is/was a common practice.
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...Convicted Rapist Insists Retrial Will Prove His Innocence
BY MATT BLOMBERG AND KHY SOVUTHY | SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

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San Sony, a lawyer from anti-pedophile NGO Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE) who is representing the victim, and Hing Bunchea, the Appeal Court prosecutor, urged the judges to disregard Mr. Fletcher’s claims and focus solely on the fact that he had missed the deadline. “The time to appeal has passed,” Ms. Sony said. “The defendant is just making excuses.”

In October last year, Ms. Dany and her mother, Keang Sokun, recanted the rape allegations to reporters, saying that APLE had told them they would receive $5,000 compensation if they made the claims.

“APLE knew that Dany was not raped,” Ms. Sokun said.

Outside court Monday, Ms. Sony conceded that the doctor’s report suggested Ms. Dany was not raped but said the facts of the case were irrelevant at this point.

“I deny to focus on this fact of the case because my director…didn’t allow me to,” she said. “This case only involves procedure.”
The whole case is a travesty of justice

She was a virgin.

APLE paid her an her mom $5,000 to say he raped her,

He is innocent of these charges, but he is not innocent.
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