14yo Girl Admits Killing 4yo and Stealing Her Earrings
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14yo Girl Admits Killing 4yo and Stealing Her Earrings
She killed a baby to steal her gold earrings, just so she could buy a $20 phone.
A 14-year-old in Kampong Speu has reportedly confessed to drowning her 4-year-old relative in order to steal and sell the victim’s gold earrings and buy a new mobile phone, according to officials.
At about 2pm on Saturday, the suspect, the teenage girl used sugarcane to lure Seit Khem Chang, 4, to a small dam in Samrong Tong district’s Krang Svay village, said James McCabe, operations manager at the Phnom Penh-based Child Protection Unit, which investigates violence against children.
The teen reportedly confessed to drowning the child in the water, placing rocks on her body to keep her down and stealing her earrings, which she sold at a local market for $20.50, according to McCabe, who said the suspect then purchased a $19 Nokia mobile about 50 metres from the victim’s home.
“I am a bit shocked that it was a female offender and that the offender was only 14 years old,” McCabe said yesterday
The victim was a distant cousin of the suspect, said Samrong Tong district Police Chief Hut Sophal.
The suspect has been sent to the provincial court and will likely be charged today, Sophal said.
“It is obvious it is a murder case, and it was intentional.”
CPU officials, who were alerted to the alleged drowning late on Saturday night, arrived on the scene at about 5am, McCabe said. He praised local authorities in their investigation, which produced evidence including the victim’s earrings, the clothes the suspect wore at the time of the incident and the phone she purchased.
Along with a confession, the suspect demonstrated how she carried out the gruesome killing on video for authorities, McCabe said.
In Cambodia, the minimum age of “criminal responsibility” is 14; given the evidence, the provincial court will probably charge the suspect with intentional murder, said legal expert and lawyer Sok Sam Oeun.
Because she is a minor, the teen will likely receive a lesser penalty than an adult who committed the same crime.
“If her age is 14, it means she’s reached the age of criminal responsibility … [but would likely receive a sentence] half of what an adult would,” Sam Oeun said.
The penalty for intentional murder in the Kingdom is 10 to 15 years of imprisonment, Sam Oeun said. The suspect would likely face five to seven-and-a-half years if convicted.......
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/g ... ng-child-4
A 14-year-old in Kampong Speu has reportedly confessed to drowning her 4-year-old relative in order to steal and sell the victim’s gold earrings and buy a new mobile phone, according to officials.
At about 2pm on Saturday, the suspect, the teenage girl used sugarcane to lure Seit Khem Chang, 4, to a small dam in Samrong Tong district’s Krang Svay village, said James McCabe, operations manager at the Phnom Penh-based Child Protection Unit, which investigates violence against children.
The teen reportedly confessed to drowning the child in the water, placing rocks on her body to keep her down and stealing her earrings, which she sold at a local market for $20.50, according to McCabe, who said the suspect then purchased a $19 Nokia mobile about 50 metres from the victim’s home.
“I am a bit shocked that it was a female offender and that the offender was only 14 years old,” McCabe said yesterday
The victim was a distant cousin of the suspect, said Samrong Tong district Police Chief Hut Sophal.
The suspect has been sent to the provincial court and will likely be charged today, Sophal said.
“It is obvious it is a murder case, and it was intentional.”
CPU officials, who were alerted to the alleged drowning late on Saturday night, arrived on the scene at about 5am, McCabe said. He praised local authorities in their investigation, which produced evidence including the victim’s earrings, the clothes the suspect wore at the time of the incident and the phone she purchased.
Along with a confession, the suspect demonstrated how she carried out the gruesome killing on video for authorities, McCabe said.
In Cambodia, the minimum age of “criminal responsibility” is 14; given the evidence, the provincial court will probably charge the suspect with intentional murder, said legal expert and lawyer Sok Sam Oeun.
Because she is a minor, the teen will likely receive a lesser penalty than an adult who committed the same crime.
“If her age is 14, it means she’s reached the age of criminal responsibility … [but would likely receive a sentence] half of what an adult would,” Sam Oeun said.
The penalty for intentional murder in the Kingdom is 10 to 15 years of imprisonment, Sam Oeun said. The suspect would likely face five to seven-and-a-half years if convicted.......
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/g ... ng-child-4
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Re: 14yo Girl Admits Killing 4yo and Stealing Her Earrings
I remember reading an eerily similar story from rural Thailand a few years ago. Girls bout the same ages. Older drowned the younger over a cell phone. Very sad.
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Re: 14yo Girl Admits Killing 4yo and Stealing Her Earrings
A sort of parable of the era of instant gratification. Chilling.
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Re: 14yo Girl Admits Killing 4yo and Stealing Her Earrings
Sigh. Why?CEOCambodiaNews wrote:“I am a bit shocked that it was a female offender...” McCabe said yesterday
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Re: 14yo Girl Admits Killing 4yo and Stealing Her Earrings
I can only assume he bases that on the number of male to female ratio of similar cases.StroppyChops wrote:Sigh. Why?CEOCambodiaNews wrote:“I am a bit shocked that it was a female offender...” McCabe said yesterday
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Re: 14yo Girl Admits Killing 4yo and Stealing Her Earrings
Yeah, or what Digg3r said.General Mackevili wrote:I can only assume he bases that on the number of male to female ratio of similar cases.StroppyChops wrote:Sigh. Why?CEOCambodiaNews wrote:“I am a bit shocked that it was a female offender...” McCabe said yesterday
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