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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 British man has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 21 months for child sex offences committed in Cambodia. | A British man has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 21 months for child sex offences committed in Cambodia. |
Fish and chip shop owner David Graham, 47, originally from Bournemouth, admitted sexual activity with a 15-year-old boy in Phnom Penh in 2006. | Fish and chip shop owner David Graham, 47, originally from Bournemouth, admitted sexual activity with a 15-year-old boy in Phnom Penh in 2006. |
Campaigners say it is only the second time new legislation has been used to prosecute someone in the UK for sexual offences committed abroad. | Campaigners say it is only the second time new legislation has 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. |
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Graham had been travelling in Cambodia when he aroused the suspicions of a French child protection charity. | |
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. | |
Graham was arrested on his return to the UK, but then fled to the south of France. | |
In sentencing, the 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 sexual offences register and pay £2,500 towards police costs. | |
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. |