A prominent Canadian aid worker convicted of sexually assaulting children in Nepal has been jailed for 16 years, one of his lawyers said on Monday. Police alleged he had raped two Nepalese boys aged 11 and 14, who were with him at the time. “Our laws aren’t as strict as in foreign countries, and there is no social scrutiny like in developed countries.” Dalglish’s lawyers see it differently. Both complainants gave damning testimony in court but Dalglish’s lawyers say the alleged victims gave several versions of their stories at different times. Dalglish, who co-founded a Canadian charity called Street Kids International in the late 1980s, had spent years doing humanitarian work in Nepal.

Source: thestar July 08, 2019 21:00 UTC