US private gets 6-yr. jail term for raping South Korean girl (PressTV)

PressTV
Wed May 9, 2012

A South Korean court has sentenced a US trooper to six years in prison for raping a teenage South Korean girl last year.

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On Wednesday, the Seoul Central District Court found 21-year-old Private Kevin Robinson guilty of raping a 17-year-old girl at her home in the country’s capital last September, AFP reported.

According to the court, the private and the teenage girl had been drinking together earlier, making it possible for the trooper to take advantage of her.

The case follows the sentencing of another US troop to 10 years in prison in November for brutally raping another South Korean teenager in the Dongducheon city, which is situated to the north of Seoul.

About 28,000 US troops are stationed in South Korea and the crimes they commit have turned into a sensitive subject in the East Asian nation.

Several major anti-US demonstrations have been held in South Korea to protest the presence of the American troops there.

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