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Published on February 20, 2008

Glen Richard Allen was nevertheless granted bail of Bt1.6 million and barred from leaving the country.

He was accused of paying two 14-year-old Thai girls Bt500 each to perform oral sex on him while he videotaped them. He was also found guilty of molesting two other girls.

Allen maintained his innocence and said he was only a tourist.

However, the court ruled evidence from witnesses and officials provided a true account of the defendant's behaviour and they had no reason to defame him and convicted him.

The court was told Police Lt-General Montri Jamroon had received information that a woman had procured underaged girls for four foreigners, including the defendant, at Pattaya for lewd acts. 

Allen was arrested on February 17 last year, along with Britons Maurice John Praill and Stephen James Ellison and a Finnish man identified only by his first name Hero. Police claimed the four were part of an international gang of human traffickers and paedophiles in Pattaya.

The other three have yet to stand trial.

The Nation