A US military court has jailed a marine for three years for sexually abusing a 14-year-old Japanese girl on the southern island of Okinawa.
Staff Sgt Tyrone Hadnott, 38, pleaded guilty to assaulting the girl in his car in February.
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CAMP FOSTER, Japan (AFP) - A US military court on Friday sentenced a US Marine to a minimum of three years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old Japanese girl, in a case that triggered mass protests here.
But the court on southern Okinawa island -- home to more than half of the 40,000 US troops based in Japan -- cleared Staff Sergeant Tyrone Hadnott, 38, of rape and other charges including kidnapping through luring.
ape and sexual abuse of a minor, making a false statement, adultery and "kidnapping through luring" in connection with the February incident.

AP TOKYO: Kyodo News says that a US court-martial has convicted an American Marine of abusive sexual conduct with a Japanese teenager in Okinawa,

CAMP FOSTER, Japan - A US military court martial found a US Marine guilty of sexual abuse of a 14-year-old Japanese girl in a case that triggered mass protests on the southern island of Okinawa.
But Staff Sergeant Tyrone Hadnott, 38, was cleared of rape and other charges including kidnapping through luring, Lieutenant Colonel David S. Oliver, the presiding judge, said.
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