Jordan – Man convicted of molesting 10 children, receives 5-year prison sentence

Jordan – Man convicted of molesting 10 children, receives 5-year prison sentence

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation upheld a September Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a 33-year-old man to five years in prison after being convicted of molesting 10 children in violation of the Cyber Crime law. The court declared the defendant guilty of receiving over 1, 800 photos and videos of children, including some naked or half naked, which constitute molestation charges as stipulated in the Jordanian Penal Code. The court handed the defendant the maximum sentence. Court papers said the defendant would offer children money on Internet game applications in return for their naked photos. The incident was uncovered when the defendant threatened to expose one of the victims on social media if they did not send him money, court documents said. 'The victim notified his family who filed a complaint against the defendant at the Cyber Crime Unit," court papers said. Investigators seized the defendant's phone and"found 1, 670 photos of naked or semi-naked children under the age of 15 and 152 video clips containing material of sexual nature related to children," the eight-page verdict stated. The Criminal Court's attorney general asked the higher court to uphold the sentence against the defendant 'because the punishment he received was proper'.