Neil On Trial: Thailand
Five months after his October 19th 2007 arrest, Christopher Paul Neil, a 32-year-old Canadian schoolteacher charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old Thai boy, has begun his trail in Bangkok, Thailand. On the first day of the trail he has pleaded not guilty.
If convicted, Neil faces up to 20 years in prison. On top of sexually abusing a minor, Neil is also charged with videotaping the alleged abuse, taking a child without parental consent and holding him against his will.
Neil's arrest last year by Interpol became infamous after the international police agency released his photo to the public in an appeal for information of his whereabouts. After three years of searching for Neil, Interpol, in conjunction with Thai authorities, arrested and detained him only 11 days after the photos were circulated worldwide on the Internet.
Neil was a teacher of English as a Second Language in Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea before his arrest. He faces possible additional charges if police are able to find other suspected victims to come forward and testify to his crimes.
For more information, refer to the Toronto Sun:
http://torontosun.com/News/Canada/2008/03/10/4960346.html
By Spencer McCall
Categories: Spencer McCall, Warning, 2008, Vietnam, Internet, Thailand, Korea, ASIA, Illegal, Arrested, teacher reputation, esl reform
I hope they put this Neil paedophile scumbag in Jail and cut his head along with his whole family
Damn I hate white animals..they should all be killed..racist animals
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I have been trying to do a follow up story the past few days. However, there has been no news on the situation. There is no doubt he is in jail, but the real question is for how long and what was the final verdict. I will try to follow up on the story again next week.
Thanks for the comments.
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To teach is to touch the future...but Neil has created ugliness out of beauty. No punishment could be too strict for his vicious disgusting attack on these children. Teachers are entrusted with the development and progress of society's future. Our charges are the future of the world...how can they make things better if we allow beasts like this to make things uglier. As a teacher, I am mortified at this type of perversion, and as a Canadian, I tack his name in my dictionary beside the word SHAME. Rot in jail.
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The crime that Neil has committed is being perpertrated every second 60 seconds a minute etc. throughout the year by somebody somewhere in the world. So, there is nothing strange about the crime. What attracted the global attention is just the investigative and judicial procedure.
So, it is best for us excited or over enthusiastic about this court trial.
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Appreciate the last comments. Interpol did an unprecendeted thing when they put his picture and name on the media outlets. The whole scenario was called Operation Vigo(or something like it). A follow up scenario was also put on the media outlets called Operation Ident for a similar type character who was eventually apprehended in New Jersy.
According to U.S. news these two episodes were essentially dry runs for Interpol to ascertain the success rate through using the media, should they ever have to hunt down a wanted Terrorist or worse.
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Interesting facts. I guess that was why they caught him so quickly. Most teachers did not even know they were searching until it he was already caught.
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