FILE - Thailand's Somluck Kamsing, left, competes against Bulgaria's Serafim Todorov during the gold medal 57kg featherweight boxing match at the Centennial Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta Sunday, Aug. 4, 1996.
Boxer who was Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist is jailed for sexual assault of a minor
The boxer who became Thailand’s first Olympic gold medalist has been convicted of sexual assault charges involving a minor and sentenced to just over three years in prison
FILE - Thailand's Somluck Kamsing, left, competes against Bulgaria's Serafim Todorov during the gold medal 57kg featherweight boxing match at the Centennial Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta Sunday, Aug. 4, 1996.
BANGKOK (AP) — The boxer who became Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist was convicted of sexual assault charges involving a minor and sentenced on Thursday to just over three years in prison.
Somluck Kamsing, 52, was sentenced by the provincial court in Khon Kaen, his home province, to three years, one month and 10 days of imprisonment after being found guilty of abducting a minor aged over 15 but under 18 from parents or guardians, taking a minor for indecent purposes, committing an indecent act against a minor by using force, and attempted rape.
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