Aged paedophile gets eight years

DINANT - A 64 year old Belgian with a long record of paedophilia was sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday for abusing…

DINANT - A 64 year old Belgian with a long record of paedophilia was sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday for abusing two young girls over a five year period, Belga news agency reported. It was the fourth time since 1948 that Leon Triffaux had been in court on charges of sexually abusing youngsters. After each previous imprisonment he had been pronounced cured.

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