Saudi airman gets 35 years to life for raping boy in Las Vegas

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Saudi airman gets 35 years to life for raping boy in Las Vegas

Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:27pm EST

(Reuters) - A Saudi Air Force sergeant convicted in the rape of a 13-year-old boy at a Las Vegas casino hotel was sentenced on Wednesday to 35 years to life in prison for the crime, a court spokeswoman said.

Mazen Alotaibi, 25, was found guilty in Las Vegas in 2013 of kidnapping, burglary, coercion, lewdness on a child and sexual assault on a minor over a 2012 New Year's Eve attack.

Prosecutors say Alotaibi, who was visiting Las Vegas while temporarily stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, lured a then-13-year-old boy to a room at the Circus Circus hotel and sexually assaulted him.

Under the sentence imposed in a Las Vegas court, Alotaibi is not eligible for parole for a state-mandated 35 years, according to court spokeswoman Mary Ann Price. If he is released, he will be required to be under periodic supervision, Price said.

The judge did not sentence Alotaibi for his conviction for coercion, and a court hearing for the judge to impose a sentence on that count is scheduled for Monday, Price said.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Sandra Maler)

 

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The same thing happened to John Tan in Bugis Street many years ago.

 

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Saudi sergeant jailed for raping boy in Las Vegas

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 29 January, 2015, 10:06pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 29 January, 2015, 10:18pm

Associated Press in Las Vegas

Saudi Arabian air force sergeant Mazen Alotaibi appears in court on January 28, 2015, in Las Vegas. Photo: AP

A Saudi Arabian air force sergeant who arrived in Las Vegas for New Year's Eve two years ago has been sentenced to a minimum of 35 years in state prison for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old boy at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.

Mazen Alotaibi, 25, stared at the courtroom floor on Wednesday as the boy's mother sobbed that her son's life was ruined and Judge Stefany Miley imposed the mandatory sentence for sexual assault with a minor under the age of 14.

Alotaibi didn't testify at his trial in October 2013, and he didn't speak on Wednesday. With time already served, he will be 57 before he is eligible for parole.

"This idea that you can come in here and ... do the things you want and then you get to leave, and 'What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas' is wrong," prosecutor Jacqueline Bluth said. "That's all about show. It's not real life."

"It should really be, 'What happens here could make you stay here a long time'," she said. "If you come here and you commit crimes and you rape our kids, you're going to pay for it."

Defence attorney Dominic Gentile said he intends to appeal.

The lawyer said world events made it impossible for his client to get a fair trial.

"Mazen Alotaibi is an Arab Muslim. I don't believe he can get a fair trial in America today because of overwhelming bias and prejudice,"

 

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The niggers are going to give his Arab asshole a warm welcome.