A South Korean
court on Wednesday sentenced a U.S. soldier to six years in prison for raping a
South Korean teenager last year.
The Seoul
Central District Court found Private Kevin Robinson, 21, guilty of raping the
girl, then aged 17, at her home in the city in September, a court spokeswoman
said.
Crimes by the
28,500 U.S. troops based in South Korea are a sensitive subject in the country,
even though many see their presence as necessary to deter an attack by the
North.
Last November a
court jailed another U.S. soldier for 10 years for raping an 18-year-old girl in
Dongducheon city, close to the border with North Korea. Raw
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The two cases
rekindled anti-American sentiments in South Korea and prompted U.S. officials to
apologize. nydailynews.com In the latest
case, the private had been drinking with the teenager earlier on the night in
question, and the judges said in their verdict he had taken advantage of the
girl while she was drunk. bangkokpost.com It was not
immediately clear whether Robinson would appeal.
bangkokpost.com The court also
ordered the soldier's personal information be disclosed on a South Korean
government website for 10 years. It cited the victim's age as a reason to warn
the public. nydailynews.com
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