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2004-1127 - TV3 New Zealand -
News: Graham Cleghorn
Graham Cleghorn is serving a 20-year sentence. In a report
for tomorrow’s Herald on Sunday he claims from jail that the girls who
testified against him were bribed and coerced to make false
allegations……Cleghorn is serving a 20 year sentence for child sex crimes he
says he didn’t commit. He claims the girls who testified against him were
bribed and coerced by a Non Governmental Organisation called the Cambodian
Women’s Crisis Centre
2004-0329 - Dominion
Post - Cambodia nabs sex predators
Former Petone man Graham Cleghorn -- who for the past 10
years has lived in Siam Reap, about 230 kilometres from Phnom Penh -- is in
jail facing allegations of sex offences with young girls.
2004-0325 - Far
Eastern Economic Review - Madness in Their Method
by Bronwyn Sloan - The government is cracking down on foreign paedophiles.
It's being helped by local aid groups, but their methods are causing concern
…….. Take the case of Thouk Sam Ang. The 11-year-old claims that she was held
prisoner for nearly two weeks by the CWCC and put under great pressure to testify
that 57-year-old Cleghorn, a family friend, had sexually abused her.
"They asked me to say that Graham had touched me. They asked again and
again," Thouk claims in an interview with the REVIEW. She denies that
she was touched or sexually abused, and this was borne out by medical
testing. "They said that Graham and [his Cambodian wife] Toeur had
already confessed . . . They said I should sue him and take all his
money," adds Thouk.
2004-0224 - Ecpat-NZ - New
Zealander jailed for 20 years for sex crimes in Cambodia
The 20 year jail term handed out to New Zealander Graham
Cleghorn, for sex crimes against minors in Cambodia, was welcomed by two
groups fighting child sex tourism, ECPAT NZ and Stop Demand. Spokesperson for
both groups, Denise Ritchie…….
2004-0219 - NZ Herald - NZ man
gets 20 years for raping maids
A New Zealander charged with rape and illegal possession
of a weapon has been jailed for 20 years by a Cambodian court. Siem Reap
Municipal Court has found Graham Robert Cleghorn, 57, guilty of repeatedly
raping five former employees aged between 15 and 19. Cleghorn was sentenced
to 20 years jail and ordered to pay US$2000 ($2800) compensation to each
girl's family. The girls had requested between US$5000 and US$10,000 each.
2004-0218 - The Australian
- NZ man jailed for Cambodia rape
A Cambodian court today sentenced
a New Zealand man to 20 years in prison for raping five mostly under-age
girls, while his Cambodian wife was convicted for assisting in the crimes, a
judge said
2004-0218 - Dominion Post -
Kiwi accused of rape
A New Zealand man went on trial yesterday for allegedly
raping five girls in Cambodia. Graham Robert Cleghorn, 55, was charged with
raping the girls at his home in Siem Reap province, said Aing Mearadey, an
investigating judge. He was arrested in October. The girls, who came from
poor rural families, worked in Cleghorn's home as housekeepers, Aing Mearadey
said. Cleghorn has denied the charges.
2004-0218 - ABC Radio - New
Zealander jailed in Cambodia for rape
The AFP newsagency says Graham
Robert Cleghorn, 57, was found guilty by a court in northwestern Siem Reap
province and will be deported after completing his jail term in Cambodia
2004-0217 - Kymer City - 20
years jail for NZer in Cambodia
A Cambodian court sentenced a New Zealand man to 20 years
in prison for raping five mostly under-age girls, while his Cambodian wife
was convicted for assisting in the crimes, a judge said. "After a long
investigation and listening to the answers and conclusions of several
witnesses, the girls' lawyer, the prosecutor and our accurate judgment, the
court understands that Graham Robert Cleghorn had sex with under-aged
Cambodian girls," Judge Plong Chhlam said after announcing a guilty
verdict.
2004-0113 - NZ Herald -
Hundreds from NZ in alien jails
by Julie Middleton - Former Petone resident Graham
Cleghorn, 55, faced the New Year in a Cambodian jail, with allegations of sex
offences against young girls hanging over his head. Cleghorn has been living
for about a decade in Siam Reap, about 230km from the capital, Phnom Penh,
and has a 23-year-old Cambodian wife, who has also been jailed. Under
Cambodian law, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, he could be
held without charge for up to six months
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