Rape in Cambodia

Nicholas Laycock, 25-year-old was arrested by police in Cambodia after a 22-year-old British lady was reported to have been raped. Nicholas, who has been working at the Acadia hostel for six months walked free from the Cambodia cell after a CCTV footage showed that the duo had a consensual sex, and the lady who was drunk fell on her back, sustaining injuries while walking behind Nicholas to the bar.

       

Nicholas spent two days in the prison cell, after the lady and her two friends in a statement said she was raped. This was because Nicholas and the lady were seen walking close by the riverside during the evening, and when she returned, she had serious injuries to her waist and her back.

The Investigation

The owner of Acadia hostel, Mr Joel Miles, where Nicholas worked had allegedly alarmed that a guest was raped, and decided to study CCTV footage. According to Mr Miles during his own personal investigation, the victim had been drinking, and after having consensual sex with Mr Nicholas, fell on his back while behind him, and that was where she sustained the injury.

Clear Eyes

 Dazed from her fall, and confused what happened to her, the victim decided to recant her statement, but the police declined her from recanting the statement.

Free Bird

Prosecutors at the Cambodia court today allowed Mr Nicholas Laycock to walk free, after an overwhelming evidence was produce to prove his innocence.

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Police in Cambodia have arrested Nicholas Laycock, 25-year-old British man for raping and physically abusing a 22-year-old British woman, (Name Witheld) in Kampot Cambodia. The victim had been travelling in Kampot for 3 days, But Nicholas had been living in Cambodia for 6 months.

Nicholas was arrested by a team led by General Moa Chanmotukrith of the provincial police of Provincial Criminal headquarters, on the order of the prosecutor of the provincial court, around 3:00 pm on 22 August 2015.

               

According to a report by Dap News, On the 21, August 2015, the victim was having a drink with 20 other foreigners, she had lodged into the Arcadia hostel, located in the Snom Prambpee village, Mak Prank commune,Tuk Choo commune, Kampot province. That was when Nicholas walked up to her, raped and abused her physically. After that, she walked up to her friends, but could not utter a word, instead she was scared and was shaking. While trying to persuade her, the victim was only crying, until she gained some momentum and ask that her friends take her to the  Sun Ya Keal hospital for treatment. 

             

The police in the province took a lot of interest in the case, and after the victim was able to reveal a name, they went ahead to arrest him on the order of the prosecutor at the provincial court.

According to doctors, the victim is still frightened and looks shaken up, she is reported to have wounds all over her body, and also with a broken hand.

 

 

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