Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman will appeal an Indonesian court’s verdict that he is guilty of child sexual abuse. Bantleman’s brother Guy has said he is “amazed at how incompetent the entire (Indonesian justice) system seems to be.”
Bantleman and an Indonesian teaching assistant were arrested last July and accused of sexually abusing three students at the Jakarta International School. In December, five janitors at the school arrested in the same case were sentenced to up to eight years in jail. Police said a sixth suspect had committed suicide.
Allegedly used ‘magic stone’ to anesthetize victims
The charges against Bantleman included allegations that he raped the boys in multiple locations, including inside his glass-walled office, and that he used a “magic stone” to anesthetize them.
Bantleman was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but will appeal the case to the Superior Court and, if necessary, to the Supreme Court.
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