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US man gets 25 years’ jail for Thai sex crimes
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A former American English teacher has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for travelling to Thailand to have sex with minors.
The sentence was ordered in California after prosecutors challenged a previous 10-year sentence, calling it too lenient.
US District Judge Consuelo Marshall said that 61-year-old Steven Erik Prowler’s conduct was particularly “depraved”.
Prowler pleaded guilty in February 2007 to federal charges of travelling abroad with the intent to have sex with a minor and to engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors in another country.
The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed his first 10-year sentence following a Justice Department appeal.
Prowler was arrested in Bangkok by the Royal Thai Police in 2005.